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| | | An Act Regarding Criminal Use of an Electronic Weapon |
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| | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows: |
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| | | Sec. 1. 17-A MRSA §1004 is enacted to read: |
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| | | §1004.__Criminal use of electronic weapon |
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| | | 1.__Except as provided in subsection 4, a person is guilty of | | criminal use of an electronic weapon if the person intentionally, | | knowingly or recklessly uses an electronic weapon upon any other | | person. |
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| | | 2.__As used in this section, "electronic weapon" means a | | portable device or weapon from which an electrical current, | | impulse, wave or beam may be directed, which current, impulse, | | wave or beam is designed to have a disabling effect upon human | | beings. |
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| | | 3.__Criminal use of an electronic weapon is a Class D crime. |
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| | | 4.__This section does not apply to the use of an electronic | | weapon by: |
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| | | A.__A law enforcement officer, corrections officer or | | corrections supervisor engaged in the performance of the law | | enforcement officer's, corrections officer's or corrections | | supervisor's public duty if the officer's or corrections | | supervisor's appointing authority has authorized such use of | | an electronic weapon; or |
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