Sec. A-24. 17-A MRSA §1202, sub-§1-A, ¶C is enacted to read:

C.__The period of probation for a person sentenced under section 1252, subsection 5-C may not exceed 18 years.

Sec. A-25. 17-A MRSA §1203, sub-§1-A, ¶B, as enacted by PL 1999, c. 788, §4, is amended to read:

B. The court may revoke probation if, during the initial unsuspended portion of the term of imprisonment, a person sentenced as a dangerous repeat sexual assault offender, pursuant to section 1252, subsection 4-B, refuses to actively participate in a sex offender treatment program in accordance with the expectations and judgment of the treatment providers, when requested to do so by the Department of Corrections.

Sec. A-26. 17-A MRSA §1231, sub-§2, ¶A, as enacted by PL 1999, c. 788, §7, is amended to read:

A. Any period of years for a person sentenced as a dangerous repeat sexual assault offender pursuant to section 1252, subsection 4-B; and

Sec. A-27. 17-A MRSA §1252, sub-§4-B, as enacted by PL 1999, c. 788, §8, is amended to read:

4-B. If the State pleads and proves that the defendant is a dangerous repeat sexual assault offender, the court, notwithstanding subsection 2, may set a definite period of imprisonment for any term of years.

A. As used in this section, "dangerous repeat sexual assault offender" means a person who commits a new gross sexual assault after having been convicted previously and sentenced for any of the following:

(1) Gross sexual assault, formerly denominated as gross sexual misconduct;

(2) Rape;

(3) Attempted murder accompanied by sexual assault;

(4) Murder accompanied by sexual assault; or