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CHAPTER 443

 
H.P. 713 - L.D. 956

 
An Act To Improve the Procedure for Locating Runaway

 
Children

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

 
Sec. 1. 25 MRSA §2154, sub-§5 is enacted to read:

 
5.__Child missing from interim care.__If a child in the custody of
the Department of Human Services whose permanent residence is believed to
be located in this State has been placed in interim care that includes
temporary shelter for a period of 60 days or less and the child becomes a
missing child, the law enforcement agency that has jurisdiction where the
temporary shelter is located is responsible for the initial investigation
of the missing child report and entering a juvenile in the missing
persons file as required by subsection 2.__After the child has been a
missing child for at least 48 hours, but no more than 60 days, if the
chief administrative officer of the law enforcement agency having initial
jurisdiction or that chief administrative officer's designee determines
that it is in the best interest of finding the child, that law
enforcement agency may transfer responsibility for the investigation and
the entry of additional information as required by subsection 4 to the
law enforcement agency having jurisdiction over the location in this
State that is believed to be the permanent residence of the missing
child.__The transferring law enforcement agency shall modify the entry
required by subsection 2 by changing the originating agency identifier to
that of the law enforcement agency to which the responsibility for
investigation is transferred.__This subsection is repealed July 1, 2005.


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