Sec. 1. 14 MRSA §304, as enacted by PL 1995, c. 694, Pt. C, §1 and affected by Pt. E, §2, is amended to read:

§304. Liability of parents or legal guardians for damage by

children

If a minor who is between 7 and 17 years of age willfully or maliciously causes damage to property or injury to a person and the minor would have been liable for the damage or injury if the minor were an adult and the minor lives with that minor's parents or legal guardians, the parents or legal guardians are jointly and severally liable with the minor for that damage or injury in an amount not exceeding $800 $10,000. This section does not relieve the minor from personal liability for that damage or injury.

Sec. 2. 15 MRSA §3314, sub-§1, as amended by PL 2001, c. 696, §§3 and 4, is further amended to read:

1. Dispositional alternatives. When a juvenile has been adjudicated as having committed a juvenile crime, the court shall enter a dispositional order containing one or more of the following alternatives.

A. The court may allow the juvenile to remain in the legal custody of his the juvenile's parents or a guardian under such conditions as the court may impose. Conditions may include participation by the juvenile, his the juvenile's parents or legal guardian in treatment services aimed at the rehabilitation of the juvenile and improvement of the home environment.

A-1.__Whether the juvenile remains at home or resides in an appropriate placement outside of the home, the court may order the parents or legal guardian of the juvenile to personally participate in counseling, education and treatment reasonably available in the parents' or legal guardian's area as specified in a plan set out in the court order.__If the court orders the parents or legal guardian to participate in treatment under this subsection, the court shall also order the parents or legal guardian to use any available insurance or other resource to cover the counseling, education and treatment or to pay for the treatment unless the court determines that such a requirement would create an excessive hardship on the parents or legal guardian or other dependent of the parents or legal guardian, in which case the court shall order the parents or legal guardian to pay a reasonable amount toward the cost, the amount to be determined by the court.