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

 
Sec. 1. 15 MRSA §3103, sub-§1, ¶G, as repealed and replaced by PL
2003, c. 688, Pt. A, §12, is amended to read:

 
G. A violation of section 393, subsection 1, paragraph C or
section 393, subsection 1-A; and

 
Sec. 2. 15 MRSA §3103, sub-§1, ¶H, as enacted by PL 2003, c. 410, §7,
is amended to read:

 
H. If a juvenile has been convicted of a crime for a
violation of a provision of Title 12 or 29-A not
specifically included in paragraph E or F, willful refusal
to pay a resulting fine or willful violation of the terms of
a resulting probation or willful failure to comply with the
terms of any other resulting court order.; and

 
Sec. 3. 15 MRSA §3103, sub-§1, ¶I is enacted to read:

 
I.__Violation of a conditional release imposed by a juvenile
community corrections officer pursuant to section 3203-A,
subsection 4, paragraph A or B or the Juvenile Court
pursuant to section 3306-A.

 
Sec. 4. 15 MRSA §3105-A, sub-§1, as enacted by PL 1987, c. 222, §2, is
amended to read:

 
1. Expiration of limitation; defense. It is a defense that
prosecution was commenced after the expiration of the applicable
period of limitations provided in this section, provided except
that a prosecution for the juvenile crime of murder or criminal
homicide in the first or 2nd degree or, if the victim had not
attained 16 years of age at the time of the crime and the
juvenile had attained 16 years of age, the juvenile crime of
unlawful sexual contact under Title 17-A, section 255-A or gross
sexual assault under Title 17-A, section 253 may be commenced at
any time.

 
Sec. 5. 15 MRSA §3105-A, sub-§2, as amended by PL 1995, c. 470, §5, is
further amended to read:

 
2. Limitations. Prosecution for juvenile crimes other than
murder or criminal homicide in the first or 2nd degree or, if the
victim had not attained 16 years of age at the time of the crime
and the juvenile had attained 16 years of age, the juvenile crime
of unlawful sexual contact under Title 17-A, section 255-A or
gross sexual assault under Title 17-A, section 253 are subject to
the following periods of limitations.


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