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| The District Court has concurrent jurisdiction with the Superior | | Court in all criminal prosecutions under this Part. The District | | Court has jurisdiction in all civil prosecutions under this Part.__ | | Any person arrested or summonsed as a violator of this Part must | | with reasonable diligence be taken before the District Court in the | | division nearest to where the offense is alleged to have been | | committed for prosecution, and in such case jurisdiction is granted | | to the District Court in adjoining divisions to be exercised in the | | same manner as if the offense had been committed in that division. |
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| | | Sec. F-3. Effective date. That section of this Part that amends the | | Maine Revised Statutes, Title 12, section 10553 takes effect | | August 31, 2004. |
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| | | Sec. G-1. PL 2003, c. 644, §8 is repealed and the following enacted in | | its place: |
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| | | *Sec. 8. 35-A MRSA §3211-B, as enacted by PL 2003, c. 20, Pt. RR, §10 | | and affected by §18, is repealed. |
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| | | Sec. H-1. 20-A MRSA §5001-A, sub-§2, ¶B, as repealed and replaced by PL | | 1989, c. 415, §13, is amended to read: |
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| | | (1) Reached the age of 15 years or completed the 9th | | grade; |
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| | | (2) Permission to leave school from that person's parent; |
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| | | (3) Been approved by the principal for a suitable program | | of work and study or training; |
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| | | (4) Permission to leave school from the school board or | | its designee; and |
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| | | (5) Agreed in writing with that person's parent and the | | school board or its designee to meet annually until | | that person's 17th birthday to review that person's | | educational needs. When the request to be excused from | | school has been denied pursuant to this paragraph, the | | student's parent may appeal to the commissioner; or |
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