| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows: |
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| | Sec. 1. 17-A MRSA §210-B is enacted to read: |
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| §210-B. Deprivation of communication |
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| | 1.__A person is guilty of deprivation of communication if the | person causes a telephone to be inoperable during the commission | of abuse by that person.__For the purposes of this section, | "abuse" has the meaning set forth in Title 19-A, section 4002, | subsection 1. |
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| | 2.__Deprivation of communication is a Class D crime. |
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| | This bill makes it a Class D crime for a person committing | domestic abuse to cause a telephone to be inoperable during the | commission of that abuse. |
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