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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This subsection is repealed 90 days after the adjournment of the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is repealed.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 be
disbursed by the sheriff for the following purposes, in the
following order:

 
A. The board of the prisoners;

 
B. Necessary travel expenses to and from work and other
incidental expenses of the prisoners;

 
C. Support of the prisoners' dependents, if any;

 
D. Payments, either in full or ratably, of restitution, and
of the prisoners' obligations, acknowledged in writing, in
accordance with Title 17-A, chapter 54, or that have been
reduced to judgment; and

 
D-1.__Any fine, forfeiture, penalty or fee imposed upon a
defendant;

 
D-2.__Any amount of attorney's fees or other expense
authorized by the court at the request of the defendant or
attorney and actually paid by the State on behalf of the
defendant on the grounds that the defendant has been found
to be indigent;

 
D-3.__Any surcharge imposed by Title 4, section 1057; and

 
E. The balance, if any, to the prisoners upon their release.

 
This subsection is repealed 90 days after the adjournment of the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


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