HP1224
LD 1634
Second Regular Session - 125th Maine Legislature
C "A", Filing Number H-762, Sponsored by
LR 2308
Item 2
Bill Tracking, Additional Documents Chamber Status

Amend the bill by striking out all of section 1 and inserting the following:

Sec. 1. 17-A MRSA §558  is enacted to read:

§ 558 Failure to report a missing child

1   A person is guilty of failure to report a missing child if that person, being a parent, foster parent, guardian or other person having the care and custody of a child who is in fact under 13 years of age, knowingly fails to notify a law enforcement agency of that child's disappearance within 48 hours of becoming aware that the child is missing.
2   Failure to report a missing child is a Class D crime.

Summary

This amendment is the minority report. It amends the bill to restrict those responsible for reporting a missing child to the parent, foster parent, guardian or other person having the care and custody of the child. The amendment provides that a responsible person is guilty of failing to report a missing child if that person knowingly failed to notify a law enforcement agency within 48 hours of becoming aware that the child is missing. It also changes the class of the crime from a Class C crime to a Class D crime.

The amendment removes provisions of the bill regarding the failure to cooperate in the investigation of the death of a child.

FISCAL NOTE REQUIRED
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