Sec. 3. 12 MRSA §10608, as enacted by PL 2003, c. 655, Pt. B, §66 and affected by §422, is amended to read:

§10608. Juvenile violations

Notwithstanding other provisions of law, a person who has not attained 18 years of age and who is convicted of a crime for a violation of this Part that is not defined as a juvenile crime under Title 15, section 3103, subsection 1 may not be sentenced to a term of imprisonment., a split sentence of imprisonment or a suspended term of imprisonment, except that, once the person has attained 18 years of age, that person may be sentenced to a term of imprisonment, a split sentence of imprisonment or a suspended term of imprisonment for the following reasons:

1.__Failure to pay fine.__A willful refusal to pay a fine resulting from the conviction;

2.__Violation of probation.__A willful violation of the terms of probation resulting from the conviction; or

3.__Failure to comply with other terms.__A willful failure to comply with the terms of any other court order issued as a result of the conviction.

Sec. 4. 15 MRSA §3003, sub-§2-A, as amended by PL 1987, c. 698, §1, is further amended to read:

2-A. Attendant; attendant care. "Attendant" means an agent of a county sheriff or of the Department of Corrections who is authorized to provide temporary supervision of a juvenile alleged to have committed a juvenile crime or of a juvenile adjudicated as having committed a juvenile crime when supervision is appropriate as an interim measure pending the completion of a procedure authorized by law to be taken in regard to such juvenile. Supervision shall must be exercised during that period beginning with receipt of the juvenile by the attendant and ending upon the release of the juvenile to his the juvenile's legal custodian or other responsible adult. This supervision constitutes "attendant care." Attendant care may not be ordered by the juvenile court except with the consent of the county sheriff or the Department of Corrections.

Sec. 5. 15 MRSA §3201, sub-§1, as amended by PL 2003, c. 305, §4, is further amended to read: