CHAPTER 305

H.P. 661 - L.D. 884

An Act To Expand the Definition of "Juvenile Crime" To

Include the Offenses of Possession and Use of Drug

Paraphernalia, Illegal Transportation of Alcohol by a Minor

and Transportation of Illegal Drugs by a Minor

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

Sec. 1. 15 MRSA §3103, sub-§1, ¶B, as amended by IB 1999, c. 1, §1, is repealed and the following enacted in its place:

B.__Offenses involving illegal drugs or drug paraphernalia as follows:

(1)__The possession of a useable amount of marijuana, as provided in Title 22, section 2383, unless the juvenile is authorized to possess marijuana for medical use pursuant to Title 22, section 2383-B, subsection 5;

(2)__The use or possession of drug paraphernalia as provided in Title 17-A, section 1111-A, subsection 4, paragraphs A and B; and

(3)__Illegal transportation of drugs by a minor as provided in Title 22, section 2389, subsection 2;

Sec. 2. 15 MRSA §3103, sub-§1, ¶C, as amended by PL 1999, c. 413, §1, is further amended to read:

C. Offenses involving intoxicating liquor, as provided in Title 28-A, section sections 2051 and 2052 and offenses