CHAPTER 420
S.P. 232 - L.D. 797
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:
Sec. 1. 19-A MRSA §4011, sub-§1, as amended by PL 1997, c. 683, Pt. C, §7 and affected by §8, is further amended to read:
1. Crime committed. Except as provided in subsection subsections 2 and 4, violation of the following is a Class D crime, when the defendant has prior actual notice, which may be notice by means other than service in hand, of the order or agreement:
A. A temporary, emergency, interim or final protective order, an order of a tribal court of the Passamaquoddy Tribe or the Penobscot Nation or a similar order issued by a court of the United States or of another state, territory, commonwealth or tribe; or
B. A court-approved consent agreement.
Sec. 2. 19-A MRSA §4011, sub-§4 is enacted to read:
4. Reckless conduct; assault. A defendant who violates a protective order issued pursuant to section 4007 through conduct that is reckless and that creates a substantial risk of death or serious bodily injury to the plaintiff named in the protective order or who assaults the plaintiff named in the protective order commits a Class C crime.
Effective September 21, 2001, unless otherwise indicated.
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