The bill adds a provision to eliminate duplicative probable cause determinations. It clarifies that attendant care may not be ordered without the consent of the sheriff or the Department of Corrections, as it is these agencies that have to contract and pay for attendant care.

The bill eliminates a reference to juvenile proceedings in connection with sexual abuse of a minor since this is a crime that, by definition, a juvenile cannot commit. It changes the length of detention allowed in a rural jail from 24 to 48 hours to match new federal law. This bill clarifies how so-called "shock sentences" are to be calculated.

The bill adds a cross-reference that was inadvertently omitted when the new juvenile crime of failure to comply with a court order resulting from a conviction for an adult crime under the Maine Revised Statues, Title 12 or 29-A was created.

The bill makes it clear that juveniles may not be arrested for juvenile crimes for which the present law does not allow incarceration, such as possession of marijuana, but that they may be arrested for the juvenile crime that is equivalent to the adult crime found in Title 17-A, section 17, subsection 2 and it makes minor changes to the wording of the juvenile provision to make it fully consistent with the wording of the adult provision.

This bill amends the provision for arrests with warrants to make it clear that the detention provisions in the Juvenile Code apply, just as they do for arrests without warrants.

The bill adds a provision similar to the adult provision for suspension of an operator's license for using a motor vehicle for drug trafficking.

Finally, the bill clarifies the law relating to juveniles who commit adult crimes under Titles 12 and 29-A. It makes clear that no version of imprisonment is allowed unless, after the juvenile becomes an adult, the person fails to comply with a court order that results from the conviction. It also eliminates juvenile detention for these crimes since imprisonment is not allowed as a sentence for a juvenile.