CHAPTER 413

H.P. 1200 - L.D. 1622

An Act To Amend the Laws Regarding Prisoner Participation in

Public Works Projects

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

Sec. 1. 30-A MRSA §1605, sub-§2-A, as enacted by PL 2001, c. 171, §2, is amended to read:

2-A. Grant of privilege. The granting of sheriff may grant a privilege described in subsection 1 is governed by the following:.

A. Prior to 90 days after the adjournment of the First Regular Session of the 121st Legislature, the sheriff may grant a privilege described in subsection 1; and

B. Beginning 90 days after the adjournment of the First Regular Session of the 121st Legislature, unless the court expressly grants a privilege described in subsection 1, the prisoner is sentenced to ordinary confinement. The court may grant a privilege at the time of sentence or commitment or thereafter.

Sec. 2. 30-A MRSA §1605, sub-§3, as amended by PL 2001, §171, §3, is further amended to read:

3. Wages, self-employment income; collection. If a prisoner is employed for wages or salary, the sheriff shall collect the wages or salary or require the prisoner to turn over the wages or salary in full when received. If the prisoner is self-employed, the self-employment income must be turned over to the sheriff. The sheriff shall deposit the income in a trust