2.__Return.__The juvenile client must be returned to the Northern Maine Juvenile Facility on the day after being taken into custody, except that, if traveling conditions are unsafe, the client must be returned to the Northern Maine Juvenile Facility at the earliest possible time.

§4114.__Discharge

1.__Duty.__The director shall cause a juvenile client to be discharged from the Northern Maine Juvenile Facility when the client becomes 21 years of age or otherwise reaches the end of the period of the Juvenile Court's commitment.

2.__Power.__The director may cause a juvenile client to be discharged from the Northern Maine Juvenile Facility when the director determines that discharge is in the best interest of the client or that the client has benefited optimally from the services and facilities of the Northern Maine Juvenile Facility.

§4115.__Federal juvenile offenders

The commissioner may contract with the Attorney General of the United States for the confinement and support in the Northern Maine Juvenile Facility of juvenile offenders against the laws of the United States in accordance with 18 United States Code, Sections 706 and 707.

§4116.__Department of Human Services' custody

1.__Suspension.__When the custody of a juvenile at the time of commitment is in the Department of Human Services, that custody must be temporarily suspended while the juvenile is in the Northern Maine Juvenile Facility.

2.__Reversion.__Upon discharge or placement on aftercare status from the Northern Maine Juvenile Facility, the custody of the juvenile reverts to the Department of Human Services, if the juvenile is still under 18 years of age.

SUMMARY

This bill changes the Department of Corrections laws to reflect restructuring of the department facilities.