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PUBLIC LAWS OF MAINE
First Regular Session of the 119th

CHAPTER 52

S.P. 283 - L.D. 801

An Act to Strengthen Marine Fisheries Conservation Protection

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

     Sec. 1. 15 MRSA §891, as amended by PL 1995, c. 694, Pt. D, §22 and affected by Pt. E, §2, is further amended to read:

§891. Dismissal on satisfaction of private injury; discharge of bail

     When a person has been admitted to bail or is committed by a judge, or is indicted or held upon a complaint and warrant for an assault or other Class D or E crime, as defined by Title 17-A, section 4-A, for which the party injured has a remedy by civil action, except aggravated assaults, assaults upon or resistance of a law enforcement officer as defined by Title 17-A in the execution of a law enforcement officer's duty, assaults of those officers and, crimes involving family or household members as defined in Title 19-A, chapter 101, and molesting lobster gear pursuant to Title 12, chapter 619, if the injured party appears before the judge or court, and in writing acknowledges satisfaction for the injury, the court, on payment of all costs, may stay further proceedings and discharge the defendant. The judge may exonerate the bail and release the obligors, supersede the commitment by written order and exonerate the bail of the witnesses.

Effective September 18, 1999, unless otherwise indicated.

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