HP1131, LD 1542, item 1, An Act To Require All Correctional Facilities in the State To Participate in the Unified Inmate Transportation System

An Act To Require All Correctional Facilities in the State To Participate in the Unified Inmate Transportation System

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

Sec. 1. 34-A MRSA §1803, sub-§3, ¶C, as enacted by PL 2007, c. 653, Pt. A, §30, is amended to read:

C. Coordinate transportation of inmates in the unified correctional system. In coordinating the transportation of inmates, the board shall require that the Department of Corrections when transporting fewer than 5 inmates between facilities and the county jails when transporting fewer than 10 inmates between facilities use the unified inmate transportation system.

Sec. 2. Rules. The Commissioner of Corrections may adopt rules for exceptions to the required use of the unified inmate transportation system under the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 34-A, section 1803, subsection 3, paragraph C when it would be impractical or inefficient for the Department of Corrections or a county jail to use the system. Rules adopted pursuant to this section are routine technical rules as defined in the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 5, chapter 375, subchapter 2-A.

SUMMARY

This bill requires the Department of Corrections and all county jails to use the unified inmate transportation system operated by the State Board of Corrections to transport inmates from one facility to another. The resolve also authorizes the Commissioner of Corrections to adopt rules to establish exceptions for situations in which it would be impractical or inefficient for the Department of Corrections or a county jail to use the system.

HP1131 LD 1542	First Regular Session - 125th Maine Legislature		LR 2071 Item 1
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