Sec. 1. 34-A MRSA §1210-A, as amended by PL 2001, c. 698, §§4 and 5 and affected by §7, is further amended to read:

§1210-A. Community corrections

1. Definitions. As used in this section, unless the context otherwise indicates, the following terms have the following meanings.

A. "Community corrections" means the delivery of correctional services for juveniles or adults in the least restrictive manner that ensures the public safety by the county or for the county under contract with a public or private entity. "Community corrections" includes, but is not limited to, preventive or diversionary correctional programs, pretrial release or conditional release programs, alternative sentencing or housing programs, electronic monitoring, residential treatment and halfway house programs, community correctional centers and temporary release programs from a facility for the detention or confinement of persons convicted of crimes or adjudicated delinquents.

2. Establishment of County Jail Prisoner Support and Community Corrections Fund. The County Jail Prisoner Support and Community Corrections Fund is established for the purpose of providing state funding for a portion of the counties' costs of the support of prisoners detained or sentenced to county jails and for establishing and maintaining community corrections as defined in subsection 1.

3. Distribution. Beginning July 1, 1998 and annually thereafter, the department shall distribute the County Jail Prisoner Support and Community Corrections Fund to counties based on the percent distribution of actual funds reimbursed to counties pursuant to former section 1210 in fiscal year 1996-97. The percent distribution per county is as follows:

A. Androscoggin: 8.5%;

B. Aroostook: 6.6%;

C. Cumberland: 17.6%;

D. Franklin: 2.4%;

E. Hancock: 3.3%;