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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. |
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| | This subsection is repealed 90 days after the adjournment of the | First Regular Session of the 121st Legislature. |
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| | | Sec. 3. 30-A MRSA §1605, sub-§3-A, as enacted by PL 2001, c. 171, §4, | | is repealed. |
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| | | Sec. 4. 30-A MRSA §1605, sub-§5, as amended by PL 2001, c. 171, §5, is | | further amended to read: |
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| | | 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: |
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| | | A. The board of the prisoners; |
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| | | B. Necessary travel expenses to and from work and other | | incidental expenses of the prisoners; |
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| | | C. Support of the prisoners' dependents, if any; |
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| | | 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 |
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| | | D-1.__Any fine, forfeiture, penalty or fee imposed upon a | | defendant; |
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| | | 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; |
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| | | D-3.__Any surcharge imposed by Title 4, section 1057; and |
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| | | E. The balance, if any, to the prisoners upon their release. |
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| | This subsection is repealed 90 days after the adjournment of the | First Regular Session of the 121st Legislature. |
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