| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows: |
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| | Sec. 1. 15 MRSA §1102, as amended PL 2001, c. 667, Pt. A, §31, is | repealed. |
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| | Sec. 2. 15 MRSA §3003, sub-§14-B, ¶B, as amended by PL 1999, c. 624, | Pt. B, §2 and PL 2001, c. 439, Pt. G, §6, is further amended | to read: |
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| B. To provide appropriate services to juveniles committed | to the Long Creek Youth Development Center a Department of | Corrections juvenile correctional facility who are on | leave or in the community on aftercare; and |
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| | Sec. 3. 15 MRSA §3203-A, sub-§4-A is enacted to read: |
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| | 4-A.__Probable cause determination.__Except in a bona fide | emergency or other extraordinary circumstance, when a juvenile | arrested without a warrant is not released or does not receive | a detention hearing under subsection 5 within 48 hours after | arrest, including Saturdays, Sundays and legal holidays, the | Juvenile Court shall determine, within that time period, | whether there is probable cause to believe that the juvenile | has committed a juvenile crime.__Evidence presented to | establish such probable cause may include testimony, | affidavits and other reliable hearsay evidence as permitted by | the court.__If the evidence does not establish such probable | cause, the court shall order the juvenile's discharge from | detention. |
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| | Sec. 4. 15 MRSA §3203-A, sub-§5, ¶C, as repealed and replaced by PL | 1999, c. 127, Pt. A, §32 and c. 260, Pt. A, §5, is amended to | read: |
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| C. Continued detention may not be ordered unless the | Juvenile Court has determined pursuant to subsection 4-A | or determines at the detention hearing that there is | probable cause to believe that the juvenile has committed | a juvenile crime. |
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| | Sec. 5. 15 MRSA §3203-A, sub-§6, as amended by PL 1993, c. 675, Pt. | B, §13, is further amended to read: |
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| | 6. Availability of judges. The Chief Judge of the District | Court shall provide that a Juvenile Court Judge is available | to make the probable cause determination described in | subsection 4-A on all days including Saturdays, Sundays and | legal holidays. The Chief Judge of the District Court shall | provide that a Juvenile Court Judge is available to preside at | the detention hearing, described in subsection 5, on all days | except Saturdays, Sundays and legal holidays. |
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