| C. The commissioner shall appoint the following officials | to serve at the pleasure of the commissioner: |
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| (1) Associate Commissioner for Adult Services; |
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| (1-A) Associate Commissioner for Juvenile Services; |
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| (2) Assistant to the Commissioner; and |
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| (3) Director, Policy, Legislative and Information | Services. |
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| | Sec. 14. 34-A MRSA §1403, sub-§4, ķA, as enacted by PL 1983, c. 459, | §6, is repealed. |
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| | Sec. 15. 34-A MRSA §1403, sub-§5-A, as enacted by PL 1995, c. 502, Pt. | F, §20, is repealed. |
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| | Sec. 16. 34-A MRSA §1403, sub-§8, as repealed and replaced by PL 1989, | c. 127, §3, is amended to read: |
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| | 8. Receipt of United States prisoners. The commissioner's | power to accept United States prisoners or adjudicated juveniles | is as follows. |
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| A. The commissioner may receive in any correctional | facility prisoners detained by the United States or | convicted of an offense against the United States and | committed for a term of imprisonment to the custody of the | Attorney General of the United States if: |
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| (1) The Attorney General of the United States | designates a Maine correctional facility as the place | of confinement for the prisoner; and |
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| (2) The commissioner approves and agrees to accept and | keep the prisoner in a Maine correctional facility. |
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| B. The commissioner may receive in any juvenile facility | juveniles detained by the United States or adjudicated of an | offense against the United States and committed for a term | of institutionalization to the custody of the Attorney | General of the United States if: |
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| (1) The Attorney General of the United States | designates a Maine juvenile facility as the place of | confinement for the juvenile; and |
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| (2) The commissioner approves and agrees to accept and | keep the juvenile in a Maine juvenile facility. |
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