Violation of this paragraph is a Class C crime;

Sec. 8. 17-A MRSA §1108, sub-§5, as enacted by PL 2001, c. 419, §20, is amended to read:

5. For purposes of the causation required by subsection 1, engaging in an act of deception described in subsection 2, paragraph A or B is deemed to have gives rise to a permissible inference under the Maine Rules of Evidence, Rule 303, that the act of deception in fact resulted in the acquisition of any drugs prescribed to that person by that prescribing health care provider or person acting under the direction or supervision of that prescribing health care provider.

Sec. 9. 17-A MRSA §1158, first ¶, as repealed and replaced by PL 2001, c. 667, Pt. A, §37 and affected by §38, is amended to read:

As part of every judgment of conviction and sentence imposed, a firearm must be forfeited to the State if that firearm:

Sec. 10. 17-A MRSA §1159 is enacted to read:

§1159.__Recalcitrant witness in execution of sentence

involving imprisonment

In the event a witness in a grand jury or criminal proceeding has been ordered confined by a court of record in the State as a remedial sanction for refusing to comply with an order of the court to testify or provide evidence, and that witness is already in execution of an undischarged term of imprisonment on a sentence in the State, that court may order that the undischarged term of imprisonment be tolled for the duration of the coercive imprisonment.

Sec. 11. 17-A MRSA §1252, sub-§2, ¶A, as amended by PL 1995, c. 473, §1, is repealed and the following enacted in its place:

A.__In the case of a Class A crime, the court shall set a definite period not to exceed 40 years.__The Supreme Judicial Court may establish sentencing factors within the sentencing range;

Sec. 12. 17-A MRSA §1252, sub-§4-A, as repealed and replaced by PL 2001, c. 667, Pt. A, §39 and affected by §40, is amended to read: