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LR 843
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Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:

 
Sec. 1. 15 MRSA §3103, sub-§1, ¶D, as amended by PL 1995, c. 470, §3,
is further amended to read:

 
D. If a juvenile is adjudicated to have committed an action
described in paragraph B or C willful refusal to pay a
resulting fine or, willful violation of the terms of a
resulting probation;

 
Sec. 2. 15 MRSA §3103, sub-§1, ¶D-1 is enacted to read:

 
D-1.__Willful refusal to pay a fine imposed under section
3314, subsection 1, paragraph G;

 
Sec. 3. 15 MRSA §3203-A, sub-§1, ¶C, as amended by PL 1999, c. 624, Pt.
B, §3, is further amended to read:

 
C. In cases under Title 5, section 200-A, the law
enforcement officer shall immediately notify the juvenile
community corrections officer and the Department of the
Attorney General. In all other cases the law enforcement
officer shall immediately notify the juvenile community
corrections officer if the law enforcement officer believes
that immediate secure detention is required. If the
juvenile community corrections officer determines not to
order the detention or continued detention of the juvenile,
the community corrections officer shall inform the law
enforcement officer and the attorney for the State prior to
the juvenile's release. The attorney for the State, with or
without a request from a law enforcement officer, shall
consider the facts of the case, consult with the juvenile
community corrections officer who made the initial
determination, consider standards for detention under
subsection 4, paragraph C and subsection 4, paragraph D,
subparagraphs (1) to (6) and may order detention or
continued detention of the juvenile under the same or any
authorized conditions pending the juvenile's initial
appearance before the court. If detention or continued
detention is ordered, the detention placement must be made
by the juvenile community corrections officer or the
attorney for the State within 12 hours following the
juvenile's arrest.

 
Sec. 4. 15 MRSA §3203-A, sub-§4, ¶B-1 is enacted to read:

 
B-1.__The juvenile community corrections officer may impose
different or additional conditions of release from those listed
in paragraph B if the juvenile community corrections officer,
upon receipt of new information, determines the


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