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PUBLIC LAWS OF MAINE
First Regular Session of the 120th

PART G

     Sec. G-1. 34-A MRSA §1214 is enacted to read:

§1214. Office of Victim Services

     1. Establishment. The Office of Victim Services, referred to in this section as the "office," is established within the department to advocate for compliance by the department, any correctional facility, any detention facility, community corrections as defined in section 1210-A or any contract agency with all laws, administrative rules and institutional and other policies relating to the rights and dignity of victims.

     2. Victim Services Coordinator. The Victim Services Coordinator shall direct and coordinate the office.

     3. Duties. The office, through the Victim Services Coordinator and other victim advocates, shall:

     4. Confidentiality. Requests for action by the office must be treated confidentially and may be disclosed only to a state agency if necessary to carry out the statutory functions of that agency or to a criminal justice agency if necessary to carry out the administration of criminal justice or the administration of juvenile criminal justice. In no case may a victim's request for notice of release be disclosed outside the department and the office of the attorney for the State with which the request was filed.

     Sec. G-2. 34-A MRSA §1403, sub-§9, ¶E, as amended by PL 1991, c. 716, §6, is further amended to read:

     Sec. G-3. Transfer of funds; teachers at Northern Maine Juvenile Facility. Notwithstanding the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 5, section 1585 or any other provision of law, the Department of Corrections is authorized to transfer, by financial order, Personal Services, All Other or Capital Expenditures funding between accounts within the same fund for the purposes of paying overtime expenses and authorized labor market adjustments for teachers at the Northern Maine Juvenile Facility in accordance with Title 5, section 7065.

     Sec. G-4. Intermittent positions. Notwithstanding the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 5, section 1583-A or any other provision of law, the Department of Corrections may establish, if funds are available, intermittent positions for the purpose of performing duties for which unbudgeted overtime would otherwise be incurred.

     Notwithstanding any other restriction of funds appropriated or allocated to the Department of Corrections, the State Budget Officer may, after determining that funds are available, either approve the use of the funds or recommend appropriate action to the Governor when the Governor's approval is required.

     Available funds may include amounts appropriated or allocated to the Department of Corrections for Personal Services, All Other or Capital Expenditures or unallocated funds.

     Sec. G-5. Rename Southern Maine Juvenile Facility. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, on July 1, 2001, the title of the Southern Maine Juvenile Facility is changed to Long Creek Youth Development Center.

     Sec. G-6. Revision clause. Wherever in the Maine Revised Statutes the words "Southern Maine Juvenile Facility" appear or reference is made to that entity or those words, they are amended to read and mean "Long Creek Youth Development Center" or "facility" as appropriate and the Revisor of Statutes shall implement this revision when updating, publishing or republishing the statutes.

     Sec. G-7. Rename Northern Maine Juvenile Facility. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, on July 1, 2001, the title of the Northern Maine Juvenile Facility is changed to Mountain View Youth Development Center.

     Sec. G-8. Revision clause. Wherever in the Maine Revised Statutes the words "Northern Maine Juvenile Facility" appear or reference is made to that entity or those words, they are amended to read and mean "Mountain View Youth Development Center" or "facility" as appropriate and the Revisor of Statutes shall implement this revision when updating, publishing or republishing the statutes.

     Sec. G-9. Funds carried forward. Notwithstanding the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 5, section 1585, or any other provision of law, an amount not to exceed $582,099 in the Personal Services line category remaining on June 30, 2001 in the General Fund, Maine Correctional Center program in the Department of Corrections may not lapse but must be carried forward to fiscal year 2001-02 within the same account for the purpose of allowing overtime funds to be used as needed to prepare the department for openings of new facilities.

     Sec. G-10. Funds carried forward. Notwithstanding the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 5, section 1585, or any other provision of law, an amount not to exceed $293,279 in the Personal Services line category remaining on June 30, 2001 in the General Fund, Northern Maine Juvenile Facility program in the Department of Corrections may not lapse but must be carried forward to fiscal year 2001-02 within the same or renamed account for the purpose of allowing overtime funds to be used as needed to prepare the department for openings of new facilities.

     Sec. G-11. Funds carried forward. Notwithstanding the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 5, section 1585, or any other provision of law, an amount not to exceed $488,333 in the Personal Services line category remaining on June 30, 2001 in the General Fund, Maine State Prison program in the Department of Corrections may not lapse but must be carried forward to fiscal year 2001-02 within the same account for the purpose of allowing overtime funds to be used as needed to prepare the department for openings of new facilities.

     Sec. G-12. Funds carried forward. Notwithstanding the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 5, section 1585, or any other provision of law, an amount not to exceed $557,407 in the Personal Services line category remaining on June 30, 2001 in the General Fund, Maine Youth Center program in the Department of Corrections may not lapse but must be carried forward to fiscal year 2001-02 within the same or renamed account for the purpose of allowing overtime funds to be used as needed to prepare the department for openings of new facilities.

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