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LD 1592 Title Page An Act To Amend the Department of Corrections' Laws Pertaining to Juvenile Offe... Page 2 of 7
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Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:

 
Sec. 1. 12 MRSA §6004 is enacted to read:

 
§6004.__Juvenile violations

 
Notwithstanding other provisions of law, a person who has not
attained 18 years of age and who is convicted of a crime for a
violation of a provision of this Part that is not defined as a
juvenile crime under Title 15, section 3103, subsection 1 may not
be sentenced to imprisonment.

 
Sec. 2. 12 MRSA §7003 is enacted to read:

 
§7003.__Juvenile violations

 
Notwithstanding other provisions of law, a person who has not
attained 18 years of age and who is convicted of a crime for a
violation of a provision of this Part that is not defined as a
juvenile crime under Title 15, section 3103, subsection 1 may not
be sentenced to imprisonment.

 
Sec. 3. 12 MRSA §8004 is enacted to read:

 
§8004.__Juvenile violations

 
Notwithstanding other provisions of law, a person who has not
attained 18 years of age and who is convicted of a crime for a
violation of a provision of this Part that is not defined as a
juvenile crime under Title 15, section 3103, subsection 1 may not
be sentenced to imprisonment.

 
Sec. 4. 15 MRSA §3003, sub-§14-B, ¶B, as amended by PL 1999, c. 624,
Pt. B, §2 and PL 2001, c. 439, Pt. G, §6, is further amended to
read:

 
B. To provide appropriate services to juveniles committed
to the Long Creek Youth Development Center Department of
Corrections juvenile correctional facility who are on leave
or in the community on aftercare community reintegration;
and

 
Sec. 5. 15 MRSA §3103, sub-§1, ¶F, as amended by PL 1997, c. 462, §3,
is further amended to read:

 
F. The criminal violation of operating a motor vehicle
under the influence of intoxicating liquor or drugs or with
an excessive blood-alcohol level, as defined in Title 29-A,
section 2411, and offenses defined in Title 29-A as Class B
or C crimes; and


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