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

 
Sec. 1. 15 MRSA §1704 is amended to read:

 
§1704. Commitment in county where crime was committed

 
Any person sentenced by the District Court or Superior Court
to a term of imprisonment in a jail, not exceeding 4 9 months,
shall must be committed to the jail in the county in which such
person is convicted, provided such county has a suitable jail,
otherwise such commitment may be to any jail in the State the
crime was committed. If the county in which the crime was
committed does not have a jail, the sheriff of that county shall
make arrangements for the detention of that person in the jail of
another county.

 
Sec. 2. 15 MRSA §1705, as repealed and replaced by PL 1985, c. 242,
is repealed.

 
Sec. 3. 17-A MRSA §1203, sub-§1-A, śC, as enacted by PL 1999, c. 788,
§4, is amended to read:

 
C. As to both the suspended and unsuspended portions of the
sentence, the place of imprisonment must be as follows.

 
(1) For a Class D or Class E crime the court must
specify a the county jail in the county where the crime
was committed as the place of imprisonment.

 
(2) For a Class A, Class B or Class C crime the court
must:

 
(a) Specify a the county jail in the county where
the crime was committed as the place of
imprisonment for any portion of the sentence that
is 9 months or less; and

 
(b) Commit the person to the Department of
Corrections for any portion of the sentence that
is more than 9 months.

 
Sec. 4. 17-A MRSA §1206, sub-§9, as amended by PL 1999, c. 788, §6, is
further amended to read:

 
9. Whenever a previously suspended sentence of imprisonment
for a Class A, Class B or Class C crime is vacated, in whole or
in part, as the result of a probation revocation, the court must
respecify the place of imprisonment for both the portion required
to be served and any remaining suspended portion, if necessary,
to carry out the intent of .__The court shall determine the place


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