Marihuana possession.

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FISCAL NOTE

The fiscal impact to the judicial system is indeterminable due to an unknown number of cases.

There is no significant fiscal impact to the Department of Corrections as a result of this legislation.

There are currently 17 offenders on supervised misdemeanant probation which would have qualified under the proposed bill.  As such, there could be the potential for an expenditure decrease for the Department of Corrections, but it is not likely to be significant.

Assumptions:

There are no current measures that would allow for an accurate prediction of the number of individuals sentenced pursuant to the proposed legislation.

Prepared by:   Matthew Sackett, LSO  Phone: 777-7881

(Information provided by: Kristi Racines, Supreme Court; Phone: 777-7502 and Jeffie Wiggins, Department of Corrections; Phone: 777-7470)