Sec. 1. 30-A MRSA §1605, sub-§2-A, as enacted by PL 2001, c. 171, §2, is amended to read:

2-A. Grant of privilege. The granting of sheriff may grant a privilege described in subsection 1 is governed by the following:.

A. Prior to 90 days after the adjournment of the First Regular Session of the 121st Legislature, the sheriff may grant a privilege described in subsection 1; and

B. Beginning 90 days after the adjournment of the First Regular Session of the 121st Legislature, unless the court expressly grants a privilege described in subsection 1, the prisoner is sentenced to ordinary confinement. The court may grant a privilege at the time of sentence or commitment or thereafter.

Sec. 2. 30-A MRSA §1605, sub-§3, as amended by PL 2001, §171, §3, is further amended to read:

3. Wages, self-employment income; collection. If a prisoner is employed for wages or salary, the sheriff shall collect the wages or salary or require the prisoner to turn over the wages or salary in full when received. If the prisoner is self-employed, the self-employment income must be turned over to the sheriff. The sheriff shall deposit the income in a trust checking account and shall keep a ledger showing the status of the account of each prisoner. The wages or salaries are not subject to trustee process in the hands of either the employer or the sheriff, and the self-employment income is not subject to trustee process in the hands of the sheriff during the prisoner's term and may be disbursed only as provided in this section; but for tax purposes they are income of the prisoner.

This subsection is repealed 90 days after the adjournment of the First Regular Session of the 121st Legislature.

Sec. 3. 30-A MRSA §1605, sub-§3-A, as enacted by PL 2001, c. 171, §4, is repealed.

Sec. 4. 30-A MRSA §1605, sub-§5, as amended by PL 2001, c. 171, §5, is further amended to read:

5. Disbursements. The wages or salaries of employed prisoners and employment income of self-employed prisoners must