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Sec. 8. 15 MRSA §3203-A, sub-§4, ¶F is enacted to read:

 
F.__Conditional release or detention may not be ordered for
a juvenile for conduct described in section 3103, subsection
1, paragraph B or C.

 
Sec. 9. 15 MRSA §3203-A, sub-§4-A, as enacted by PL 2003, c. 180, §3,
is amended to read:

 
4-A. Probable cause determination. Except in a bona fide
emergency or other extraordinary circumstance, when a juvenile
arrested without a warrant for a juvenile crime or a violation of
conditional release is not released from custody or does not
receive a detention hearing within 48 hours after arrest,
including Saturdays, Sundays and legal holidays, a Juvenile Court
Judge or justice of the peace shall determine, within that time
period, whether there is probable cause to believe that the
juvenile has committed a juvenile crime unless it has already
been determined by a Juvenile Court Judge or justice of the peace
that there is probable cause to believe that the juvenile has
committed a juvenile crime. Evidence presented to establish such
probable cause may include affidavits and other reliable hearsay
evidence as permitted by the Juvenile Court Judge or justice of
the peace. If the evidence does not establish such probable
cause, the Juvenile Court Judge or justice of the peace shall
order the juvenile's discharge from detention.

 
Sec. 10. 15 MRSA §3203-A, sub-§7, ¶B-5, as enacted by PL 1999, c. 624,
Pt. A, §5, is amended to read:

 
B-5. If the juvenile community corrections officer who
ordered the detention or the attorney for the State who
ordered the detention determines there is no reasonable
alternative, a juvenile may be detained in a jail or other
secure detention facility intended or primarily used for the
detention of adults for up to 24 48 hours, excluding
Saturday, Sunday and legal holidays if:

 
(1) The facility meets the requirements of paragraph
A;

 
(2) The facility is not located in a standard
metropolitan statistical area and meets the statutory
criteria contained in the federal Juvenile Justice and
Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974, 42 United States
Code, Section 5601; and

 
(3) The juvenile is detained only to await a detention hearing
pursuant to subsection 5 or section 3314,


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