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Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:

 
Sec. 1. 15 MRSA §1004, as amended by PL 1997, c. 317, Pt. A, §1, is
further amended to read:

 
§1004. Applicability and exclusions

 
This chapter applies to the setting of bail for a defendant in
a criminal proceeding, including the setting of bail for an
alleged contemnor in a plenary contempt proceeding involving a
punitive sanction under the Maine Rules of Criminal Procedure,
Rule 42 or the Maine Rules of Civil Procedure, Rule 66. It does
not apply to the setting of bail in extradition proceedings under
sections 201 to 229 or post-conviction review proceedings under
sections 2121 to 2132 or, probation revocation proceedings under
Title 17-A, sections 1205 to 1207 or supervised release
revocation proceedings under Title 17-A, section 1233, except to
the extent and under the conditions stated in those sections.
This chapter applies to the setting of bail for an alleged
contemnor in a summary contempt proceeding involving a punitive
sanction under the Maine Rules of Criminal Procedure, Rule 42 or
the Maine Rules of Civil Procedure, Rule 66 and to the setting of
bail relative to a material witness only as specified in sections
1103 and 1104, respectively.

 
Sec. 2. 17-A MRSA §1201, sub-§1, ¶B, as repealed and replaced by PL
1975, c. 740, §109, is amended to read:

 
B. The statute which that the person is convicted of
violating expressly provides that the fine and imprisonment
penalties it authorizes may not be suspended, in which case
the convicted person shall must be sentenced to the
imprisonment and required to pay the fine authorized
therein; or

 
Sec. 3. 17-A MRSA §1201, sub-§1, ¶C, as repealed and replaced by PL
1975, c. 740, §109, is repealed.

 
Sec. 4. 17-A MRSA §1202, sub-§1-A, as enacted by PL 1997, c. 395, Pt.
M, §1, is repealed and the following enacted in its place:

 
1-A.__Notwithstanding subsection 1:

 
A.__The period of probation for a person convicted under chapter
11 or section 854, excluding subsection 1, paragraph A,
subparagraph (1), may be extended by up to 4 years for a Class A
crime, by up to 2 years for a Class B or Class C crime and by up
to one year for a Class D or Class E crime if the court finds
that the additional time is needed to provide sex-offender
treatment to the person or to protect


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