PART A

Sec. A-1. 15 MRSA §3203-A, sub-§2, ķA, as amended by PL 1999, c. 260, Pt. A, §2, is further amended to read:

A. When a juvenile is arrested, the law enforcement officer or the juvenile caseworker community corrections officer shall notify the legal custodian of the juvenile without unnecessary delay and inform the legal custodian of the juvenile's whereabouts, the name and telephone number of the juvenile caseworker community corrections officer who has been contacted and, if a juvenile has been placed in a secure detention facility, that a detention hearing will be held within 24 48 hours following this placement, excluding Saturday, Sunday and legal holidays. Notwithstanding this provision, if a juvenile has been placed in a secure detention facility pursuant to subsection 7, paragraph B-5, the law enforcement officer or the juvenile community corrections officer shall notify the legal custodian that a detention hearing will be held within 24 hours following this placement, excluding Saturday, Sunday and legal holidays.

Sec. A-2. 15 MRSA §3203-A, sub-§4, ķE, as amended by PL 1999, c. 260, Pt. A, §4, is further amended to read:

E. If a juvenile caseworker community corrections officer or an attorney for the State orders a juvenile detained, the juvenile caseworker community corrections officer who ordered the detention or the attorney for the State who ordered the detention shall petition the Juvenile Court for a review of the detention in time for the detention hearing to take place within 24 hours following the detention the time provided by subsection 5, unless the juvenile caseworker community corrections officer who ordered the detention or the attorney for the State who ordered the detention has ordered the release of the juvenile. The juvenile caseworker community corrections officer who ordered the detention or the attorney for the State who ordered the detention may order the release of the juvenile anytime prior to the detention hearing. If the juvenile is so released, a detention hearing may not be held.

Sec. A-3. 15 MRSA §3203-A, sub-§5, as amended by PL 1999, c. 531, Pt. J, §1, is further amended to read:

5. Detention hearing. Upon petition by a juvenile caseworker community corrections officer who ordered the