Sec. 4. 15 MRSA §215, first ¶, as enacted by PL 1977, c. 671, §13, is amended to read:

The judge or magistrate shall conduct an examination of the person arrested pursuant to section 213 or 214 at the person's initial appearance in accordance with the Maine Rules of Criminal Procedure, Rule 5 or within a reasonable time not to exceed 30 days if the person has not been admitted to bail as provided in section 216. If, from the examination by the judge or magistrate of the complaint, affidavits in support thereof, formal charging documents or judgments supplied by the demanding state or any other evidence, including reliable hearsay evidence, which that may be presented, it appears that the person held is the person charged with having committed the crime alleged and that there is probable cause to believe that he the person committed the crime, and that he the person is a fugitive from justice, the judge or magistrate shall continue the case and may commit the person to jail, by a warrant specifying the accusation, for any time not exceeding 60 days which that will enable the arrest of the accused person to be made under a warrant of the Governor on a requisition of the executive authority of the state having jurisdiction of the offense.

Sec. 5. 15 MRSA §215, last ¶, as enacted by PL 1977, c. 671, §13, is repealed.

SUMMARY

This bill amends the criminal extradition laws by requiring a judge to inform the person arrested of the person's right to waive extradition. The bill also requires a judge or magistrate to conduct an examination of the person arrested at the time of the person's initial appearance in court.