| | | 1. Payment of expenses by district attorney. Except as | | provided in subsection 2, in all cases reported to a law | | enforcement officer of sexual crimes against minors or assault | | when serious bodily injury has been inflicted, the office of the | | district attorney of the county in which the alleged crime | | occurred shall pay the expenses of a physical examination of the | | victim conducted for the purpose of obtaining evidence for the | | prosecution. Pursuant to Title 5, section 3360-M, the Victims' | | Compensation Board shall pay the expenses of forensic | examinations for alleged victims of gross sexual assault |
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| | | Sec. 26. 30-A MRSA §287, sub-§2-A, as enacted by PL 1999, c. 719, §6 | | and affected by §11, is amended to read: |
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| | | 2-A. Drug and alcohol testing. Notwithstanding subsections 1 | | and 2 and Title 5, section 3360-M, the district attorney shall | | pay the expense of any analysis of a drug or alcohol test | | performed as part of a forensic examination of an alleged victim | of gross sexual assault | | to obtain evidence for the prosecution. |
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| | | Sec. 27. 34-A MRSA §11221, sub-§6-A is enacted to read: |
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| | | 6-A.__Distribution of information to town clerk.__The bureau | | shall distribute, via electronic mail, the information described | | in subsections 1 and 11 to the town clerk of a town that has no | | police department. |
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| | | The bureau shall send an electronic mail containing the new | | releases of registrants to the town clerk on a monthly basis. |
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| | | Sec. 28. 34-A MRSA §11221, sub-§11 is enacted to read: |
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| | | 11.__Law enforcement agency; provide information to bureau.__A | | law enforcement agency shall notify the bureau if the law | | enforcement agency has a registrant in its custody. |
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| | | This bill changes the name of a couple of sex crimes from | | gross sexual assault and sexual abuse of a minor to rape and | | child molestation. The bill also requires the Department of | | Public Safety, State Bureau of Identification to distribute | | information contained in the sex offender registry to town clerks | | of towns that do not have police departments. The bill also | | requires a law enforcement agency to notify the bureau by | | electronic mail if the law enforcement agency has a registrant in | | its custody. |
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