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| Sec. A-15. 17-A MRSA §1253, sub-§2, ķA is enacted to read: |
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| | | A.__For any person who commits a crime on or after August 1, | | 2004, is subsequently sentenced to a term of imprisonment | | for that crime and is entitled to receive a day-for-day |
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| | | deduction pursuant to this subsection, up to 2 additional | | days per calendar month may be credited to that deduction if | | the person's conduct during that period of detention was | | such that the credit is determined to be warranted in the | | discretion of the chief administrative officer of the | | facility in which the person has previously been detained. |
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| | | Credits under this paragraph must be calculated as follows | | for partial calendar months: |
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| | | Days of partial month | Maximum credit |
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| | | The sheriff or other person required to furnish a statement | | showing the length of detention shall also furnish a | | statement showing the number of days credited pursuant to | | this paragraph. |
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| | | Detention awaiting trial, during trial, post-trial awaiting | | sentencing or post-sentencing prior to the date on which a | | sentence commences to run is not punishment. |
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| | | Sec. A-16. 17-A MRSA §1253, sub-§6-A, as amended by PL 1995, c. 433, | | §2, is further amended to read: |
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| | | 6-A. When a judgment of conviction involving a term of | | imprisonment is vacated or a sentence involving a term of | | imprisonment is revised or reviewed and a new sentence involving | | a term of imprisonment is thereafter imposed upon the person for | | the same offense, day-for-day credit must be accorded on the new | | sentence both for each day the person served in execution of the | | initial sentence and for all previously earned deductions | specified in subsections 4, 5 and | | section 1606. Prior to the day-for-day credit being given on the | | new sentence, the new sentence must, after first having been | | reduced by any deductions specified in subsection 2 previously or | | subsequently received, have applied to it the controlling | | deduction specified in either subsection 3 or 3-B, if applicable. |
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| | | Sec. A-17. 17-A MRSA §1253, sub-§7, as repealed and replaced by PL | | 1995, c. 433, §3, is amended to read: |
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