Sec. 11. 34-A MRSA §3063, sub-§1, as repealed and replaced by PL 1995, c. 368, Pt. R, §11, is amended to read:

1. Transfer of prisoner. The commissioner may transfer a prisoner serving a sentence in a correctional facility to a county jail, upon the request of the commissioner chief administrative officer and the approval of the sheriff of the jail.

Sec. 12. 34-A MRSA §3071, sub-§2, as amended by PL 1991, c. 314, §59, is further amended to read:

2. Contagious diseases. If a pestilence or contagious disease breaks out among the clients client in any correctional or detention facility or county jail requires medical care outside the facility, the commissioner may:

A. Cause any of the clients client to be removed to some suitable place of security where they the client will receive all necessary care and medical attention; and

B. Cause the client or clients to be returned as soon as possible to the jail or institution facility to be confined according to their sentences the sentence, if unexpired.

Sec. 13. 34-A MRSA §3201, as amended by PL 1997, c. 752, §35, is repealed.

Sec. 14. 34-A MRSA §3201-A is enacted to read:

§3201-A.__Establishment

The Maine State Prison in Knox County is established for the confinement and rehabilitation of persons lawfully in the custody of the department, as provided by law.

Sec. 15. 34-A MRSA §3231, as amended by PL 1991, c. 310, is repealed and the following enacted in its place:

§3231. Warden

1.__Chief administrative officer.__The chief administrative officer of the Maine State Prison is called the warden.