Sec. 1. 34-A MRSA §3802, sub-§1, ¶C, as amended by PL 1997, c. 752, §37, is further amended to read:

C. To rehabilitate juveniles committed to a juvenile correctional facility pursuant to Title 15, section 3314, subsection 1, paragraph F; and

Sec. 2. 34-A MRSA §3802, sub-§1, ¶D, as enacted by PL 1995, c. 502, Pt. F, §28, is amended to read:

D. To protect the public from dangerous juveniles.; and

Sec. 3. 34-A MRSA §3802, sub-§1, ¶E is enacted to read:

E.__To confine juveniles ordered detained pursuant to Title 15, section 3314, subsection 1, paragraph H.

SUMMARY

Present law allows a court to commit a juvenile to a Department of Corrections juvenile correctional facility but not to the Maine Youth Center once the juvenile has been adjudicated as having committed a juvenile crime. This bill allows the court to commit a juvenile to the Maine Youth Center once the juvenile has been adjudicated as having committed a juvenile crime.