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must be determined by the facility, but not to Title 17-A, section
1253, subsection 2, paragraph A, or subsection 3-B, 4, 5, 8, 9 or
10. If the court suspends the period of detention confinement in
whole or in part, the court shall impose a period of administrative
release not to exceed one year. The administrative release must be
administered pursuant to Title 17-A, chapter 54-G, and revocation
of the administrative release is governed by the provisions of that
chapter.

 
Sec. 4. 15 MRSA §1004, as amended by PL 2003, c. 711, Pt. A, §3, is
further amended to read:

 
§1004. Applicability and exclusions

 
This chapter applies to the setting of bail for a defendant in
a criminal proceeding, including the setting of bail for an
alleged contemnor in a plenary contempt proceeding involving a
punitive sanction under the Maine Rules of Criminal Procedure,
Rule 42 or the Maine Rules of Civil Procedure, Rule 66. It does
not apply to the setting of bail in extradition proceedings under
sections 201 to 229 or post-conviction review proceedings under
sections 2121 to 2132, probation revocation proceedings under
Title 17-A, sections 1205 to 1207, supervised release revocation
proceedings under Title 17-A, section 1233 or administrative
release revocation proceedings under Title 17-A, sections 1349 to
1349-F, except to the extent and under the conditions stated in
those sections. This chapter applies to the setting of bail for
an alleged contemnor in a summary contempt proceeding involving a
punitive sanction under the Maine Rules of Criminal Procedure,
Rule 42 or the Maine Rules of Civil Procedure, Rule 66 and to the
setting of bail relative to a material witness only as specified
in sections 1103 and 1104, respectively. This chapter does not
apply to a person under 18 years of age who is arrested for a
crime defined under Title 12 or Title 29-A that is not a juvenile
crime as defined in section 3103.

 
Sec. 5. 15 MRSA §3203-A, sub-§7, ķA, as amended by PL 1991, c. 493,
§10, is further amended to read:

 
A. A juvenile may be detained in a jail or other secure
detention facility intended for use or primarily used for
the detention of adults only when the serving facility:

 
(1) Contains an area where juveniles are under direct
staff observation at all times, in a separate section
for juveniles that complies with mandatory sight and
sound separation standards established by the
Department of Corrections pursuant to Title 34-A,
section 1208;


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