Sec. 1. 34-A MRSA §3814, as enacted by PL 1991, c. 314, §65 and amended by PL 1999, c. 401, Pt. J, §4, is further amended to read:

§3814. Transportation

All court-ordered and court-related transportation of juvenile detainees to and from the Southern Maine Juvenile Facility between a correctional facility authorized by the department to house juvenile detainees and a courthouse is the responsibility of the sheriff of the county in which the court is located.

SUMMARY

This bill would relieve the county of the cost of transporting juveniles other than to a courthouse. The cost of other court- ordered transportation would be the responsibility of the State.