CHAPTER 567

S.P. 695 - L.D. 1778

An Act To Protect Children from Contact with Convicted Sex

Offenders

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

Sec. 1. 19-A MRSA §1653, sub-§3, ¶P, as amended by PL 2001, c. 665, §2, is further amended to read:

P. If the child is under one year of age, whether the child is being breast-fed; and

Sec. 2. 19-A MRSA §1653, sub-§3, ¶Q, as enacted by PL 2001, c. 665, §3, is amended to read:

Q. The existence of a parent's conviction for a sex offense or a sexually violent offense as those terms are defined in Title 34-A, section 11203. ; and

Sec. 3. 19-A MRSA §1653, sub-§3, ¶R is enacted to read:

R.__If there is a person residing with a parent, whether that person:

(1)__Has been convicted of a crime under Title 17-A, chapter 11 or 12 or a comparable crime in another jurisdiction;

(2)__Has been adjudicated of a juvenile offense that, if the person had been an adult at the time of the offense, would have been a violation of Title 17-A, chapter 11 or 12; or