| | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows: |
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| | | Sec. 1. 17-A MRSA §203, sub-§1, ¶B, as amended by PL 1989, c. 505, §1, | | is further amended to read: |
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| | | B. Intentionally or knowingly causes the death of another | human being under circumstances which that do not constitute | | murder because the person causes the death while under the | | influence of extreme anger or extreme fear brought about by | | adequate provocation. Adequate provocation has the same | | meaning as in section 201, subsection 4. The fact that the | | person causes the death while under the influence of extreme | | anger or extreme fear brought about by adequate provocation | | constitutes a mitigating circumstance reducing murder to | | manslaughter and need not be proved in any prosecution | initiated under this subsection; or |
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| | | Sec. 2. 17-A MRSA §203, sub-§1, ¶C, as amended by PL 1989, c. 873, is | | further amended to read: |
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| | | C. Has direct and personal management or control of any | | employment, place of employment or other employee, and | | intentionally or knowingly violates any occupational safety | | or health standard of this State or the Federal Government, | | and that violation in fact causes the death of an employee | | and that death is a reasonably foreseeable consequence of | | the violation. This paragraph does not apply to: |
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| | | (1) Any person who performs a public function either | | on a volunteer basis or for minimal compensation for | | services rendered; or |
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| | | (2) Any public employee responding to or acting at a | | life-threatening situation who is forced to make and | | does make a judgment reasonably calculated to save the | life of a human being.; or |
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| | | Sec. 3. 17-A MRSA §203, sub-§1, ¶D is enacted to read: |
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| | | D.__While operating a motor vehicle 20 miles per hour or | | more above the speed limit, causes the death of another | | human being. |
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| | | Sec. 4. 17-A MRSA §211-A is enacted to read: |
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| | | §211-A.__Reckless conduct with a motor vehicle |
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| | | 1.__A person is guilty of reckless conduct with a motor | | vehicle if that person, while operating a motor vehicle 20 miles |
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