Sec. 4. 15 MRSA §3309-A, sub-§4, as amended by PL 1999, c. 65, §1, is further amended to read:

4. Juvenile adjudicated of rape. After adjudication and before disposition when a juvenile is adjudicated of a juvenile crime that if committed by an adult would be gross sexual assault rape under Title 17-A, section 253, subsection 1, the court shall order the juvenile to undergo a diagnostic evaluation and may order the evaluation to take place at a detention facility described in section 3203-A, subsection 7, paragraph B.

Sec. 5. 17-A MRSA §8, sub-§1, as amended by PL 1999, c. 438, §1, is further to read:

1. It is a defense that prosecution was commenced after the expiration of the applicable period of limitations provided in this section; provided except that a prosecution for murder or criminal homicide in the first or 2nd degree, or, if the victim had not attained the age of 16 years at the time of the crime, a prosecution for: incest; unlawful sexual contact; sexual abuse of a minor child molestation; or rape or, formerly denominated as gross sexual assault, formerly denominated and as gross sexual misconduct, may be commenced at any time.

Sec. 6. 17-A MRSA §8, sub-§2, as amended by PL 1999, c. 438, §2, is further amended to read:

2. Prosecutions for crimes other than murder or criminal homicide in the first or 2nd degree, or, if the victim had not attained the age of 16 years at the time of the crime, prosecutions for: incest; unlawful sexual contact; sexual abuse of a minor child molestation; or rape or, formerly denominated as gross sexual assault, formerly denominated and as gross sexual misconduct, are subject to the following periods of limitations:

A. A prosecution for a Class A, Class B or Class C crime must be commenced within 6 years after it is committed; and

B. A prosecution for a Class D or Class E crime must be commenced within 3 years after it is committed.

Sec. 7. 17-A MRSA §202, sub-§1, as amended by PL 1991, c. 377, §8, is further amended to read: