CHAPTER 389

H.P. 613 - L.D. 862

An Act To Improve the Collection of Restitution and

Supervision Fees

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

Sec. 1. 17-A MRSA §1176 is enacted to read:

§1176.__Confidentiality of victim records

Records that pertain to a victim's current address or location or that contain information from which a victim's current address or location could be determined must be kept confidential and may be disclosed only to a state agency if necessary to carry out the statutory function of that agency or to a criminal justice agency if necessary to carry out the administration of criminal justice or the administration of juvenile criminal justice.__In no case may a victim's request for notice of release be disclosed outside the agency to which the defendant is committed and the office of the attorney for the State with which the request was filed.

Sec. 2. 17-A MRSA §1204, sub-§1-A, as amended by PL 1995, c. 502, Pt. F, §11, is further amended to read:

1-A. The court shall attach as a condition of probation that the convicted person pay, through the Department of Corrections, a supervision fee of between $10 and $50 per month, as determined by the court, for the term of probation. Notwithstanding the attachment of supervision fee conditions on more than one sentence, a person on probation on concurrent sentences is required to pay only one supervision fee. In determining the amount of the fee, the court shall take into