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K.__A fine, suspended in whole or in part, with, at the
court's discretion, administrative release as authorized by
chapter 54-G; or

 
L.__A suspended term of imprisonment with administrative
release as authorized by chapter 54-G.

 
Sec. 22. 17-A MRSA §1175, sub-§1-A is enacted to read:

 
1-A.__Within 10 days of receipt of the victim's request for
notification, the Department of Corrections, the state mental
health institute or the county jail to which the defendant is
committed shall notify the victim by mail of a telephone number
or address of a publicly accessible site__on the Internet that
the victim can use to learn of the earliest possible date of the
expiration of the defendant's sentence or, in the case of a split
sentence, the earliest possible date of the completion of the
unsuspended portion of the sentence or the earliest possible date
of a discharge under Title 15, section 104-A.

 
Sec. 23. 17-A MRSA §1201, sub-§1, ¶¶A-1 and A-2 are enacted to read:

 
A-1.__The conviction is for a Class D or Class E crime other
than any Class D crime in chapter 9; any Class D or Class E
crime in chapter 11; the Class D crimes of sections 554,
556, 758, 854 and 855; the Class D crime of Title 17,
section 2924; and the Class D crime of Title 29-A, section
2411, subsection 1-A, paragraph B;

 
A-2.__The court sentences the person to a sentencing
alternative under section 1152 that includes a period of
administrative release;

 
Sec. 24. 17-A MRSA §1202, sub-§1, as repealed and replaced by PL 1985,
c. 821, §5, is amended to read:

 
1. A person convicted of a Class A crime may be placed on
probation for a period not to exceed 6 4 years; for a Class B or
Class C crime, for a period of probation not to exceed 4 3
years; and for a Class C crime, for a period of probation not to
exceed 2 years; and for Class D and Class E crimes, for a period
not to exceed one year, except that a person convicted under
chapter 11 or section 854, excluding section 854, subsection 1,
paragraph A, subparagraph (1), of a Class A crime may be placed
on probation for a period not to exceed 6 years; for a Class B or
Class C crime, for a period of probation not to exceed 4 years;


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