| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows: |
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| | Sec. 1. 15 MRSA §3003, sub-§2-A, as amended by PL 1987, c. 698, §1, is | further amended to read: |
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| | 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." |
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| | Sec. 2. 15 MRSA §3003, sub-§14-B, as enacted by PL 1985, c. 439, §4, | is amended to read: |
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| | 14-B. Juvenile caseworker. "Juvenile caseworker" means an | agent of the Department of Corrections Human Services authorized: |
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| A. To perform juvenile probation functions; |
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| B. To provide appropriate services to juveniles committed | to the Maine Youth Center who are on leave or in the | community on entrustment; and |
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| C. To perform all caseworker functions established by this | Part for a juvenile alleged to have committed a juvenile | crime. |
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| | Sec. 3. 15 MRSA §3103, sub-§2, as amended by PL 1997, c. 752, §6, is | further amended to read: |
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| | 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. |
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| | Sec. 4. 15 MRSA §3314, sub-§1, ¶F, as amended by PL 1997, c. 752, §19, | is further amended to read: |
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| 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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