CHAPTER 180

H.P. 1093 - L.D. 1496

An Act To Amend the Maine Juvenile Code

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:

Sec. 1. 15 MRSA §1102, as amended by PL 2001, c. 667, Pt. A, §31, is repealed.

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:

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

Sec. 3. 15 MRSA §3203-A, sub-§4-A is enacted to read:

4-A.__Probable cause determination.__Except in a bona fide emergency or other extraordinary circumstance, when a juvenile arrested without a warrant for a juvenile crime or a violation of conditional release is not released from custody or does not receive a detention hearing within 48 hours after arrest, including Saturdays, Sundays and legal holidays, a Juvenile Court Judge or justice of the peace 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 affidavits and other