CHAPTER 267
S.P. 359 - L.D. 1218
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:
Sec. 1. 17-A MRSA §506-A, sub-§1, as amended by PL 1993, c. 475, §4, is further amended to read:
1. A person is guilty of harassment if, without reasonable cause, that person engages in any course of conduct with the intent to harass, torment or threaten another person, after having been forbidden to do so by any sheriff, deputy sheriff, constable, police officer or justice of the peace or by a court in a protective order issued under Title 5, section 4654 or 4655 or Title 19, section 765 or 766 or, if the person is an adult in the custody or under the supervision of the Department of Corrections, after having been forbidden to do so by the Commissioner of Corrections, the chief administrative officer of the facility, the regional correctional administrator for the region or their designees.
Sec. 2. 17-A MRSA §506-A, sub-§1, as amended by PL 1995, c. 694, Pt. D, §24 and affected by Pt. E, §2, is further amended to read:
1. A person is guilty of harassment if, without reasonable cause, that person engages in any course of conduct with the intent to harass, torment or threaten another person, after having been forbidden to do so by any sheriff, deputy sheriff, constable, police officer or justice of the peace or by a court in a protective order issued under Title 5, section 4654 or 4655 or Title 19-A, section 4006 or 4007 or, if the person is an adult in the custody or under the supervision of the Department of Corrections, after having been forbidden to do so by the Commissioner of Corrections, the chief administrative officer of the facility, the regional correctional administrator for the region or their designees.
Sec. 3. Effective date. Section 2 of this Act takes effect October 1, 1997.
Effective September 19, 1997, unless otherwise indicated, unless otherwise indicated.
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