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(3) Sexual abuse of a minor, under Title 17-A, section
254;

 
(4) Unlawful sexual contact, under former Title 17-A,
section 255;

 
(5) Visual sexual aggression against a child, under
Title 17-A, section 256;

 
(6) Sexual misconduct with a child under 14 years of
age, under Title 17-A, section 258; or

 
(7) An offense in another jurisdiction, including, but
not limited to, that of a state, federal, military or
tribal court, that includes the essential elements of
an offense listed in subparagraph (1), (2), (3), (4),
(5) or (6).

 
Sec. C-2. 30-A MRSA §288, last ¶, as enacted by PL 1987, c. 737, Pt. A,
§2 and Pt. C, §106 and amended by PL 1989, c. 6, c. 9, §2 and c.
104, Pt. C, §§8 and 10, is further amended to read:

 
Therefore district attorneys, their assistants and employees
and other law enforcement officials shall refrain from any
unnecessary pretrial public disclosure of information that may
identify a minor victim of an offense under Title 17, chapter 93-
B, Title 17-A, chapter 11 or 12 or Title 17-A, section 556.

 
Sec. C-3. 30-A MRSA §289, first ¶, as enacted by PL 1987, c. 737, Pt.
A, §2 and Pt. C, §106 and amended by PL 1989, c. 6, c. 9, §2 and
c. 104, Pt. C, §§8 and 10, is further amended to read:

 
Unless a written agreement exists between a law enforcement
agency and a district attorney concerning primary responsibility
for investigating any of the following offenses, the district
attorney may direct the investigation of any offense under Title
17, chapter 93-B, and Title 17-A, chapter 11 or 12, or Title 17-
A, sections 207, 208 and 556, when a victim may not have attained
his the victim's 18th birthday, and may designate, by
geographical boundaries or otherwise, a particular law
enforcement agency to have primary responsibility for that
investigation.

 
Sec. C-4. 34-A MRSA §11201, as amended by PL 2001, c. 439, Pt. OOO,
§6, is further amended to read:

 
§11201. Short title


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