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C. The commissioner shall appoint the following officials
to serve at the pleasure of the commissioner:

 
(1) Associate Commissioner for Adult Services;

 
(1-A) Associate Commissioner for Juvenile Services;

 
(2) Assistant to the Commissioner; and

 
(3) Director, Policy, Legislative and Information
Services.

 
Sec. 14. 34-A MRSA §1403, sub-§4, ķA, as enacted by PL 1983, c. 459,
§6, is repealed.

 
Sec. 15. 34-A MRSA §1403, sub-§5-A, as enacted by PL 1995, c. 502, Pt.
F, §20, is repealed.

 
Sec. 16. 34-A MRSA §1403, sub-§8, as repealed and replaced by PL 1989,
c. 127, §3, is amended to read:

 
8. Receipt of United States prisoners. The commissioner's
power to accept United States prisoners or adjudicated juveniles
is as follows.

 
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:

 
(1) The Attorney General of the United States
designates a Maine correctional facility as the place
of confinement for the prisoner; and

 
(2) The commissioner approves and agrees to accept and
keep the prisoner in a Maine correctional facility.

 
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:

 
(1) The Attorney General of the United States
designates a Maine juvenile facility as the place of
confinement for the juvenile; and

 
(2) The commissioner approves and agrees to accept and
keep the juvenile in a Maine juvenile facility.


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