| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows: |
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| | Sec. 1. 30-A MRSA §1659, first ¶, as enacted by PL 1991, c. 224, is | amended to read: |
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| | The sheriff of each county may establish and maintain a home- | release monitoring program to permit certain inmates, approved by | the court in which they were sentenced, to be released and | monitored electronically or by intensive supervision by the | county and to live at their residences as a portion of the term | of incarceration. |
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| | Sec. 2. 30-A MRSA §1659, sub-§1, as enacted by PL 1991, c. 224, is | amended to read: |
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| | 1. Petition. A sheriff, upon written request from an inmate | eligible for participation in a home-release monitoring program | and recommended by the jail administrator, may petition the court | in which the inmate was sentenced for authorization to | electronically monitor or intensively supervise and to release | the inmate to participate in a home-release monitoring program | established in that county. Unless the court expressly grants | the privilege of home release, the inmate is sentenced to | ordinary confinement. The court may withdraw the privilege of | home release at any time by order entered with or without notice | of hearing. At the time of granting this privilege, the court | shall determine whether the inmate is responsible for the cost of | participating in the home-release program based on the inmate's | ability to pay. |
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| | Sec. 3. 30-A MRSA §1659, sub-§2, ¶B, as enacted by PL 1991, c. 224, is | repealed. |
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| | Sec. 4. 30-A MRSA §1659, sub-§2, ¶D, as enacted by PL 1991, c. 224, is | amended to read: |
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| D. For sentences less than 30 days, the inmate serves a | minimum of 2/3 2 days of that inmate's sentence prior to | participating in a home-release monitoring program. For | sentences of 30 days or more, the inmate serves a minimum of | 1/2 5 days of that inmate's sentence prior to participating | in a home-release monitoring program. In calculating the | amount of time served, good time earned under Title 17-A, | section 1253 and time reductions earned for charitable or | public works projects under section 1606 must be counted; | and |
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| | Sec. 5. 30-A MRSA §1659, sub-§3, ¶I, as repealed and replaced by PL | 1991, c. 783, §2, is amended to read: |
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