Sec. 1. 15 MRSA §3312, sub-§3, ķA, as amended by PL 1999, c. 624, Pt. B, §19, is further amended to read:

A. The court may continue the dispositional hearing, either on its own motion or on the motion of any interested party:

(1) For a period not to exceed one month to receive reports or other evidence;

(2) For a period not to exceed 2 months to allow for service of notice as required in section 3314, subsection 1, paragraph C-1 or C-2; or

(3) For a period not to exceed 12 months in order to place the juvenile in a supervised work or service program, or a restitution program or a juvenile drug treatment court program, or for such other purpose as the court in its discretion determines appropriate. If a supervised work or service program, or restitution program or a juvenile drug treatment court program has been ordered, the court shall on final disposition consider whether or not there has been compliance with the program so ordered.; or

(4)__For a period not to exceed 15 months in order to place the juvenile in a juvenile drug treatment court program.__If a juvenile drug treatment court program has been ordered, the court shall on final disposition consider whether or not there has been compliance with the program so ordered.

SUMMARY

This bill extends the time available for juveniles to complete a juvenile drug treatment court program.