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account at the time of the client's discharge or transfer to | | supervised community confinement or community reintegration status | | and is subject to any collections provided for by statute or rule | | prior to delivery to the client.__The commissioner shall keep a | | record of all money in the telephone call account and is | | responsible for safekeeping of the client's money while the client | | is in the custody of the department and for the transfer of that | | money to the general client account and delivery to the client as | | set out in this section. |
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| | | Sec. 7. 34-A MRSA §3040-A, sub-§1, as amended by PL 1991, c. 824, Pt. | | A, §69, is further amended to read: |
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| | | 1. Payment. Except as provided in subsection 4, if any client | | under the control of the department dies, leaving on deposit in | the client's | call account at a correctional or detention facility | | not exceeding $1,000, and no personal representative of the | | client's estate is appointed, the chief administrative officer | may pay the balance of the client's account | | accounts to the surviving spouse or next of kin in accordance | | with the Probate Code, Title 18-A, sections 2-101 to 2-114, to | | the funeral director having any bill outstanding for the burial | | of the decedent or to any other preferred creditor or creditors | | who may appear to be entitled thereto, and shall deliver personal | | property in the chief administrative officer's custody to the | | surviving spouse or next of kin in accordance with the Probate | | Code, Title 18-A, sections 2-101 to 2-114. |
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| | | Sec. 8. 34-A MRSA §3040-A, sub-§4, as amended by PL 1991, c. 824, Pt. | | A, §69, is further amended to read: |
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| | | 4. Alternative payment. Notwithstanding subsection 1, upon | | presentation of an affidavit under Title 18-A, section 3-1201, | | the chief administrative officer shall pay the balance of any | deposit of a decedent in the client's | account or telephone call account at a correctional or detention | facility | | client's successor under Title 18-A, sections 3-1201 and 3-1202. | | The payments under this subsection take precedence over payments | | under subsection 1 to the extent of the balance of the deposits | in the clients' account | | remaining in the custody of the chief administrative officer at | | the time the affidavit is presented. |
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| | | Sec. 9. 34-A MRSA §3047, sub-§2, ķA, as amended by PL 1991, c. 314, | | §52, is further amended to read: |
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| | | A. Has, within the 6 months prior to the date of parole or | discharge, transferred from the clients' |
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