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| 5.__Previous convictions.__A defendant who violates an order | | issued pursuant to section 4007 and who has at least 2 prior | | convictions of violating a temporary, emergency, interim or final | | protective order, an order of a tribal court of the Passamaquoddy | | Tribe or the Penobscot Nation or a similar order issued by a court | | of the United States or of another state, territory, commonwealth | | or tribe commits a Class C crime. |
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| | | This bill amends current law to make it a Class C crime, | | punishable by up to 5 years' imprisonment, if a person: |
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| | | 1. Assaults a family or household member and the person has 2 | | or more prior convictions for assault on a family or household | | member; |
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| | | 2. Violates a protective order through reckless conduct that | | creates a substantial risk of death or serious bodily injury to | | another person or assaults the plaintiff named in the protective | | order; or |
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| | | 3. Violates a protective order and has 2 or more prior | | convictions of violating a protective order. |
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