An Act To Provide for an Expiration Date for Certain Harassment Notices
Sec. 1. 17-A MRSA §506-A, sub-§1, ¶A, as enacted by PL 2001, c. 383, §66 and affected by §156, is amended to read:
(1) After having been notified, in writing or otherwise, not to engage in such conduct by:
(a) Any sheriff, deputy sheriff, constable, police officer or justice of the peace. The notification not to engage in such conduct expires one year from the date of issuance; or
(b) A court in a protective order issued under Title 5, section 4654 or 4655 or Title 19-A, section 4006 or 4007; or
(2) If the person is an adult in the custody or under the supervision of the Department of Corrections, after having been forbidden to engage in such conduct by the Commissioner of Corrections, the chief administrative officer of the facility, the correctional administrator for the region or their designees.
Violation of this paragraph is a Class E crime; or