Sec. 1. 17-A MRSA §1201, sub-§1, ķA-1, as enacted by PL 2003, c. 711, Pt. A, §10, is amended to read:

A-1. The conviction is for a Class D or Class E crime other than any Class D crime committed against a family or household member under chapter 9 or 13 or section 506-B, 554, 555 or 758; any Class D or Class E crime in chapter 11 or 12; a Class D or Class E crime under section 556, 854, excluding subsection 1, paragraph A, subparagraph (1), or 855; and the Class D or Class E crime under Title 29-A, section 2411, subsection 1-A, paragraph B. The court may not sentence the person to a sentencing alternative that includes a period of probation unless it is satisfied that the period of probation is necessary to deter future criminal conduct or for the safety of a victim of the crime. As used in this paragraph, "family or household member" has the same meaning as in Title 19-A, section 4002, subsection 4;

Sec. 2. 17-A MRSA §1202, sub-§2-A, as enacted by PL 2003, c. 711, Pt. A, §13, is amended to read:

2-A. Once the period of probation has commenced, on application motion of the probation officer, or of the person on probation, or on the court's own motion, the court may convert at any time a period of probation for a Class D or Class E crime to a period of administrative release. A conversion to administrative release may not be ordered upon the motion of the person on probation unless notice of the motion is given to the probation officer by the person on probation and the prosecuting attorney. The provisions of chapter 54-G apply when probation is converted to administrative release. Conversion to administrative release serves to relieve the person on probation of any obligations imposed by the probation conditions.

Sec. 3. 17-A MRSA §1202, sub-§3, as amended by PL 2003, c. 711, Pt. A, §14, is further amended to read:

3. Once the period of probation has commenced, on application motion of the probation officer, or of the person on probation, or on its own motion, the court may terminate at any time a period of probation and discharge the convicted person at any time earlier than that provided in the sentence made pursuant to subsection 1, if warranted by the conduct of such the person. A termination and discharge may not be ordered upon the motion of the person on probation unless notice of the motion is given to the probation officer by the person on probation and the prosecuting attorney. Such The termination and discharge serves