4. Cancellation. If the commissioner is satisfied at any time that the welfare of the juvenile client will be promoted by return to the Mountain View Youth Development Center, the commissioner may cancel the aftercare community reintegration status and resume charge of the client with the same powers as before the placement on aftercare community reintegration status was made.

Sec. 20. 34-A MRSA §4113, first ¶, as enacted by PL 1999, c. 583, §45 and amended by PL 2001, c. 439, Pt. G. §8, is further amended to read:

When a juvenile client who has been placed on aftercare community reintegration status, who has been granted a furlough or work or education release or who has been absent from the Mountain View Youth Development Center without leave is taken into custody for the purpose of return to the Mountain View Youth Development Center by an officer or employee of the Mountain View Youth Development Center, at the direction of the commissioner, or by a law enforcement officer, at the request of the commissioner, and, because of the juvenile client's distance from the Mountain View Youth Development Center at the time of being taken into custody, it becomes necessary to detain the client overnight:

Sec. 21. 34-A MRSA §4116, sub-§2, as enacted by PL 1999, c. 583, §45 and amended by PL 2001, c. 439, Pt. G, §8, is further amended to read:

2. Reversion. Upon discharge or placement on aftercare community reintegration status from the Mountain View Youth Development Center, the custody of the juvenile reverts to the Department of Human Services, if the juvenile is still under 18 years of age.

Sec. 22. 34-A MRSA §5602, sub-§2, ¶C, as amended by PL 1999, c. 583, §46, is further amended to read:

C. To provide appropriate services to juveniles committed to a juvenile correctional facility who are in the community on aftercare community reintegration status.

SUMMARY

This bill eliminates terms of imprisonment in county jails for juveniles who commit adult offenses under the Maine Revised