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LR 3014
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Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:

 
Sec. 1. 15 MRSA §3203-A, sub-§11, as enacted by PL 2003, c. 180, §6,
is amended to read:

 
11. Review of order. Upon petition by a juvenile community
corrections officer or, an attorney for the State or a juvenile
and after notice and upon a showing of changed circumstances or
upon the discovery of new and significant information, the
Juvenile Court may review an order for detention, conditional
release or unconditional release and may enter a new order in
accordance with this section.

 
Sec. 2. 15 MRSA §3402, sub-§1, ¶D, as amended by PL 1989, c. 502, Pt.
A, §45, is further amended to read:

 
D. A detention order entered pursuant to section 3203-A,
subsection 5 or any refusal to alter an a detention order
for changed circumstances entered upon petition of the
juvenile pursuant to section 3203-A, subsection 5 11, for
abuse of discretion, provided that the appeal shall must be
handled expeditiously.

 
Sec. 3. 17-A MRSA §1175, first ¶, as amended by PL 2003, c. 186, §1, is
further amended to read:

 
Upon complying with subsection 1, a victim of a crime of
murder or stalking or of a Class A, Class B or Class C crime for
which the defendant is committed to the Department of Corrections
or to a county jail, or is placed in institutional confinement
under Title 15, section 103 after having been found not
criminally responsible by reason of mental disease or defect, or
is placed in institutional confinement under Title 15, section
101-B after having been found incompetent to stand trial, must
receive notice of the defendant's unconditional release and
discharge from institutional confinement upon the expiration of
the sentence or upon discharge under Title 15, section 104-A and
must receive notice of any conditional release of the defendant
from institutional confinement, including probation, supervised
release for sex offenders, parole, furlough, work release,
intensive supervision, supervised community confinement, home
release monitoring or similar program or release under Title 15,
section 104-A.

 
Sec. 4. 17-A MRSA §1175, sub-§3, ¶B, as enacted by PL 1995, c. 680, §5,
is amended to read:

 
B. The nature of the release authorized, whether it is a
conditional release, including probation, supervised release for
sex offenders, parole, furlough, work release, intensive


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