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| The District Court has concurrent jurisdiction with the Superior | Court in all criminal prosecutions under this Part. The District | Court has jurisdiction in all civil prosecutions under this Part.__ | Any person arrested or summonsed as a violator of this Part must | with reasonable diligence be taken before the District Court in the | division nearest to where the offense is alleged to have been | committed for prosecution, and in such case jurisdiction is granted | to the District Court in adjoining divisions to be exercised in the | same manner as if the offense had been committed in that division. |
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| | Sec. F-3. Effective date. That section of this Part that amends the | Maine Revised Statutes, Title 12, section 10553 takes effect | August 31, 2004. |
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| | Sec. G-1. PL 2003, c. 644, §8 is repealed and the following enacted in | its place: |
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| | *Sec. 8. 35-A MRSA §3211-B, as enacted by PL 2003, c. 20, Pt. RR, §10 | and affected by §18, is repealed. |
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| | Sec. H-1. 20-A MRSA §5001-A, sub-§2, ¶B, as repealed and replaced by PL | 1989, c. 415, §13, is amended to read: |
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| (1) Reached the age of 15 years or completed the 9th | grade; |
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| (2) Permission to leave school from that person's parent; |
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| (3) Been approved by the principal for a suitable program | of work and study or training; |
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| (4) Permission to leave school from the school board or | its designee; and |
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| (5) Agreed in writing with that person's parent and the | school board or its designee to meet annually until | that person's 17th birthday to review that person's | educational needs. When the request to be excused from | school has been denied pursuant to this paragraph, the | student's parent may appeal to the commissioner; or |
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