| | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows: |
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| | | Sec. 1. 15 MRSA §3501, sub-§2, as enacted by PL 1977, c. 520, §1, is | | amended to read: |
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| | | 2. Limit. Under no circumstances shall | into interim care be held involuntarily for more than 6 |
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| | | Under current law, a juvenile taken into interim care by a law | | enforcement officer may not be held for more than 6 hours. This | | bill changes the time limit to 18 hours to more reasonably | | facilitate the identification of and juvenile's reunification | | with the juvenile's family. |
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