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Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:

 
Sec. 1. 34-A MRSA §1402, sub-§12 is enacted to read:

 
12.__Secure facilities for sexually violent predators.__The
commissioner, in cooperation with the Commissioner of Health and
Human Services, shall maintain one or more secure facilities for
sexually violent predators confined pursuant to Title 34-B,
chapter 3, subchapter 6.

 
Sec. 2. 34-B MRSA §1203, sub-§10 is enacted to read:

 
10.__Secure facilities for sexually violent predators.__The
commissioner, in cooperation with the Commissioner of
Corrections, shall maintain one or more secure facilities for
sexually violent predators confined pursuant to chapter 3,
subchapter 6.

 
Sec. 3. 34-B MRSA c. 3, sub-c. 6 is enacted to read:

 
SUBCHAPTER 6

 
SEXUALLY VIOLENT PREDATORS

 
§3921.__Definitions

 
As used in this subchapter, unless the context otherwise
indicates, the following terms have the following meanings.

 
1.__Agency with jurisdiction.__"Agency with jurisdiction"
means the agency with authority to direct the release of a person
serving a sentence or term of confinement and includes the
Department of Corrections and the department.

 
2.__Committed person.__"Committed person" means a person who
has been committed as a sexually violent predator under this
subchapter.

 
3.__Corrections supervisor.__"Corrections supervisor" means an
employee of the Department of Corrections assigned to supervise
the case of a committed person.

 
4.__Less restrictive alternative.__"Less restrictive
alternative"__means court-ordered treatment in a setting that is
less restrictive than total confinement.

 
5.__Likely to engage in predatory acts of sexual violence.__
"Likely to engage in predatory acts of sexual violence" means it
is more probable than not that a person will engage in predatory
acts of sexual violence.__If the person is not confined at the


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