Sec. 4. 17-A MRSA §1322, sub-§3, as repealed and replaced by PL 1993, c. 305, §1, is amended by amending the first paragraph to read:

3. Economic loss. "Economic loss" includes economic detriment consisting of environmental clean-up expense, property loss, allowable expense, work loss, replacement services loss and, if injury causes death, dependent's economic loss and dependent's replacement services loss. Noneconomic detriment is not loss. Economic detriment is loss although caused by pain and suffering or physical impairment. "Economic loss" includes expenses of an emergency response by any public agency and critical investigation expenses.

Sec. 5. 17-A MRSA §1322, sub-§3, ķA-1 is enacted to read:

A-1.__"Critical investigation expense" means a necessary expense incurred by a public agency or by a person or organization while investigating or prosecuting suspected criminal conduct.__"Critical investigation expense" includes, but is not limited to, the cost of an audit or other financial analysis when that analysis is necessary to determine whether and to what extent a victim has suffered financial harm from criminal conduct by an employee or other person in a position of trust and the cost of analysis of physical evidence including suspected illegal drugs.__ "Critical investigation expense" does not include the hourly pay, salary or benefits of law enforcement personnel or the ordinary administrative costs of a law enforcement agency.

SUMMARY

This bill makes the following changes to the sentencing laws.

1. The bill authorizes the court to revoke probation for a crime committed by an inmate who is serving a sentence that does not include probation, if the inmate also has a consecutive sentence that includes a period of probation.

2. The bill specifies that an inmate who commits any crime while sentenced may have that sentence interrupted and serve the