CHAPTER 207

H.P. 693 - L.D. 983

An Act To Make Technical Changes to the Maine Criminal

Code

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:

Sec. 1. 17-A MRSA §506-B, sub-§3, as amended by PL 1995, c. 694, Pt. D, §25 and affected by Pt. E, §2, is further amended to read:

3. Violation of a protection from abuse order issued under Title 19-A, section 4006 or 4007, subsection 1, paragraphs A to G, is a Class D crime as provided in Title 19-A, section 4011, subsection 1 or a Class C crime as provided in Title 19-A, section 4011, subsection 4.

Sec. 2. 17-A MRSA §959, sub-§§3, 4, 5 and 6, as enacted by PL 2001, c. 461, §2, are amended to read:

3. Forfeitures under this section must be accomplished by the following procedure.

A. A district attorney or the Attorney General may petition the Superior Court in the name of the State in the nature of a proceeding in rem to order forfeiture of an illegal gambling machine and, any monetary contents and any associated proceeds. The petition must be filed in the court having jurisdiction over the property.