CHAPTER 673

H.P. 1224 - L.D. 1717

An Act Regarding the Sentencing of Persons Convicted of

Gross Sexual Assault against Victims under 12 Years of Age

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

Sec. 1. 17-A MRSA §1202, sub-§1-A, śC, as enacted by PL 2003, c. 711, Pt. B, §16, is repealed.

Sec. 2. 17-A MRSA §1231, as amended by PL 2003, c. 711, Pt. B, §18, is further amended to read:

§1231. Inclusion of period of supervised release

after imprisonment

1. The court, in imposing a sentence of a term of imprisonment that does not include probation for a violation of section 253, may include as part of the sentence a requirement that the defendant be placed on a period of supervised release after imprisonment. The period of supervised release commences on the date the person is released from confinement pursuant to section 1254.

1-A.__Notwithstanding subsection 1, the court shall impose as part of the sentence a requirement that a defendant convicted of violating section 253, subsection 1, paragraph C be placed on a period of supervised release after imprisonment.__The period of supervised release commences on the date the person is released