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

 
Sec. 1. 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 Human
Services 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."

 
Sec. 2. 15 MRSA §3003, sub-§14-B, as enacted by PL 1985, c. 439, §4,
is amended to read:

 
14-B. Juvenile caseworker. "Juvenile caseworker" means an
agent of the Department of Corrections Human Services authorized:

 
A. To perform juvenile probation functions;

 
B. To provide appropriate services to juveniles committed
to the Maine Youth Center who are on leave or in the
community on entrustment; and

 
C. To perform all caseworker functions established by this
Part for a juvenile alleged to have committed a juvenile
crime.

 
Sec. 3. 15 MRSA §3103, sub-§2, as amended by PL 1997, c. 752, §6, is
further amended to read:

 
2. Dispositional powers. All of the dispositional powers of
the Juvenile Court provided in section 3314 apply to a juvenile
who is adjudicated to have committed a juvenile crime, except
that no commitment to a Department of Corrections Human Services
juvenile correctional facility or other detention may be imposed
for conduct described in subsection 1, paragraphs B and C.

 
Sec. 4. 15 MRSA §3314, sub-§1, ¶F, as amended by PL 1997, c. 752, §19,
is further amended to read:

 
F. The court may commit the juvenile to a Department of
Corrections Human Services juvenile correctional facility.
Whenever a juvenile is committed to a Department of


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