CHAPTER 102

S.P. 386 - L.D. 1182

An Act To Change the Definition of Family or Household

Members for Purposes of Criminal Statutes

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:

Sec. 1. 17-A MRSA §15, sub-§1, ķA, as amended by PL 2001, c. 667, Pt. A, §34, is further amended by amending subparagraph (5-A) to read:

(5-A) Assault, criminal threatening, terrorizing, stalking, criminal mischief, obstructing the report of a crime or injury or reckless conduct if the officer reasonably believes that the person and the victim are family or household members, as defined in Title 15 19-A, section 321 4002, subsection 4;