LD 1886
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supervision, supervised community confinement, home release
monitoring or a similar program or release under Title 15,
section 104-A, or an unconditional release and discharge upon
the expiration of a sentence or upon discharge under Title 15,
section 104-A;

 
Sec. 5. 17-A MRSA §1204, sub-§1-C, as amended by PL 2001, c. 439, Pt.
OOO, §3, is further amended to read:

 
1-C. The court shall attach as a condition of probation that
the convicted sex offender 10-year registrant, as defined under
Title 34-A, section 11203, subsection 5, or the convicted
sexually violent predator lifetime registrant, as defined under
Title 34-A, section 11203, subsection 8, satisfy all
responsibilities set forth in Title 34-A, chapter 15, the Sex
Offender Registration and Notification Act of 1999.

 
Sec. 6. 17-A MRSA §1258, as amended by PL 2001, c. 458, §1, is
further amended to read:

 
§1258. Notification of commitments to the Department of

 
Corrections

 
At the time of sentencing, the sheriff shall notify the
Commissioner of Corrections or the commissioner's designee that a
person has been committed to the Department of Corrections and
shall inquire as to the correctional facility to which the
sentenced person must be delivered by the sheriff or the
sheriff's deputies. The commissioner or the commissioner's
designee has complete discretion to determine the initial place
of confinement. In making this determination, the commissioner
or the commissioner's designee shall review all relevant
information, including any available mental health information.
The commissioner or the commissioner's designee shall immediately
inform the sheriff and the court of the location of the
correctional facility to which the sentenced person must be
transported.

 
Sec. 7. 25 MRSA §2001-A, sub-§2, ¶D, as enacted by PL 2003, c. 452, Pt.
N, §2 and affected by Pt. X, §2, is amended to read:

 
D. Law enforcement officers and, corrections officers and
corrections supervisors as permitted in writing by their
employer;

 
Sec. 8. 25 MRSA §2002, sub-§1-B is enacted to read:

 
1-B.__Corrections supervisor.__"Correction supervisor" has the
same meaning as set forth in Title 17-A, section 2, subsection 5-
B.


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