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PUBLIC LAWS OF MAINE
First Regular Session of the 120th

CHAPTER 420
S.P. 232 - L.D. 797

An Act to Amend the Laws Pertaining to Domestic Violence

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

     Sec. 1. 19-A MRSA §4011, sub-§1, as amended by PL 1997, c. 683, Pt. C, §7 and affected by §8, is further amended to read:

     1. Crime committed. Except as provided in subsection subsections 2 and 4, violation of the following is a Class D crime, when the defendant has prior actual notice, which may be notice by means other than service in hand, of the order or agreement:

     Sec. 2. 19-A MRSA §4011, sub-§4 is enacted to read:

     4. Reckless conduct; assault. A defendant who violates a protective order issued pursuant to section 4007 through conduct that is reckless and that creates a substantial risk of death or serious bodily injury to the plaintiff named in the protective order or who assaults the plaintiff named in the protective order commits a Class C crime.

Effective September 21, 2001, unless otherwise indicated.

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