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LR 1346
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Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:

 
Sec. 1. 17-A MRSA §203, sub-§1, ¶B, as amended by PL 1989, c. 505, §1,
is further amended to read:

 
B. Intentionally or knowingly causes the death of another
human being under circumstances which that do not constitute
murder because the person causes the death while under the
influence of extreme anger or extreme fear brought about by
adequate provocation. Adequate provocation has the same
meaning as in section 201, subsection 4. The fact that the
person causes the death while under the influence of extreme
anger or extreme fear brought about by adequate provocation
constitutes a mitigating circumstance reducing murder to
manslaughter and need not be proved in any prosecution
initiated under this subsection; or

 
Sec. 2. 17-A MRSA §203, sub-§1, ¶C, as amended by PL 1989, c. 873, is
further amended to read:

 
C. Has direct and personal management or control of any
employment, place of employment or other employee, and
intentionally or knowingly violates any occupational safety
or health standard of this State or the Federal Government,
and that violation in fact causes the death of an employee
and that death is a reasonably foreseeable consequence of
the violation. This paragraph does not apply to:

 
(1) Any person who performs a public function either
on a volunteer basis or for minimal compensation for
services rendered; or

 
(2) Any public employee responding to or acting at a
life-threatening situation who is forced to make and
does make a judgment reasonably calculated to save the
life of a human being.; or

 
Sec. 3. 17-A MRSA §203, sub-§1, ¶D is enacted to read:

 
D.__While operating a motor vehicle 20 miles per hour or
more above the speed limit, causes the death of another
human being.

 
Sec. 4. 17-A MRSA §211-A is enacted to read:

 
§211-A.__Reckless conduct with a motor vehicle

 
1.__A person is guilty of reckless conduct with a motor
vehicle if that person, while operating a motor vehicle 20 miles


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