Sec. 8. 17-A MRSA §1202, sub-§2, as amended by PL 1997, c. 421, Pt. B, §1, is further amended to read:

2. During the period of probation specified in the sentence made pursuant to subsection 1, and upon application of a person on probation or the person's probation officer, or upon its own motion, the court may, after a hearing upon notice to the probation officer and the person on probation, modify the requirements imposed by the court or a community reparations board, add further requirements authorized by section 1204, or relieve the person on probation of any requirement imposed by the court or a community reparations board that, in its opinion, imposes on the person an unreasonable burden. If the person on probation cannot meet a requirement imposed by the court or a community reparations board, the person shall bring a motion under this subsection.

Notwithstanding this subsection, the court may grant, ex parte, a motion brought by the probation officer to add further requirements if the requirements are immediately necessary to protect the safety of an individual or the public and if all reasonable efforts have been made to give written or oral notice to the person on probation. Any requirements added pursuant to an ex parte motion do not take effect until written notice of the requirements, along with written notice of the scheduled date, time and place when the court shall hold a hearing on the added requirements, is given to the person on probation.

Sec. 9. 17-A MRSA §1202, sub-§2-A, as enacted by PL 2003, c. 711, Pt. A, §13, is amended to read:

2-A. Once the period of probation has commenced, on application motion of the probation officer, or of the person on probation, or on the court's own motion, the court may convert at any time a period of probation for a Class D or Class E crime or a Class C crime under Title 29-A, section 2557 to a period of administrative release. A conversion to administrative release may not be ordered upon the motion of the person on probation unless notice of the motion is given to the probation officer by the person on probation and the attorney for the State. The provisions of chapter 54-G apply when probation is converted to administrative release. Conversion to administrative release serves to relieve the person on probation of any obligations imposed by the probation conditions.

Sec. 10. 17-A MRSA §1202, sub-§3, as amended by PL 2003, c. 711, Pt. A, §14, is further amended to read: