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arising under federal or state law in any court in this State with | | respect to a condition of that person's confinement or the effect | | of an action or inaction by a government official on the life of | | that person confined and may not appeal a judgment in such a civil | | action without prepayment of the filing fee unless, in addition to | | the in forma pauperis application and affidavit required by the | | Maine Rules of Civil Procedure, Rule 91, that person submits a | certified copy of the facility | | that person for the 6-month period immediately preceding the filing | | of the action or appeal, obtained from the appropriate official of | | each facility at which that person is or was confined. |
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| | | 3. Full payment of filing fee required; initial partial | | filing fee. Notwithstanding subsection 2, the person shall pay | | the full amount of the filing fee. The court shall assess the | | person's financial status and, when funds exist, collect as a | | partial payment of the filing fee an initial partial filing fee | | of 20% of the greater of: |
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| | A. The average monthly deposits to the person's facility | | general client account credited to the person for the 6- | | month period immediately preceding the filing of the action | | or appeal; or |
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| | B. The average monthly balance in the person's facility | | general client account for the person for the 6-month period | | immediately preceding the filing of the action or appeal. |
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| | | 4. Payments from account. After payment of the initial | | partial filing fee, the person shall make monthly payments of 20% | | of the preceding month's deposits to the general client account | credited to the person's facility account | | having custody of the person shall forward monthly payments from | | the account to the clerk of the court each time the amount in the | | account for the person exceeds $10 until the filing fee is paid | | in full. |
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| | | Sec. 2. 17-A MRSA §1330, sub-§1, as amended by PL 1999, c. 469, §2, is | | further amended to read: |
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| | | 1. Work program; payment of restitution and fines. A | | prisoner who has been ordered to pay restitution or fines may not | | be released pursuant to a work program administered by the | | Department of Corrections under Title 34-A, section 3035, or a | | sheriff under Title 30-A, section 1605, or participate in an | | industry program under Title 34-A, section 1403, subsection 9 or | | any other program administered by the Department of Corrections | | or a sheriff by which a prisoner is able to generate money, | | unless the prisoner consents to pay at least 25% of the |
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