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having been served with a summons, the court may issue a warrant | for the arrest of the person. |
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| | Sec. 13. 17-A MRSA §1348-B, sub-§6, as enacted by PL 2003, c. 711, Pt. | A, §19, is repealed. |
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| | Sec. 14. 17-A MRSA §1348-B, sub-§7 is enacted to read: |
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| | 7.__If during the period of deferment the attorney for the | State has probable cause to believe that a person who was granted | deferred disposition pursuant to section 1348-A has violated a | court-imposed deferment requirement, the attorney for the State | may apply for a warrant for the arrest of the person. |
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| | Sec. 15. 17-A MRSA §1349, sub-§1, as corrected by RR 2003, c. 2, §28, | is amended to read: |
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| | 1. A person who has been convicted of a Class D or Class E | crime or a Class C crime under Title 29-A, section 2557 may be | sentenced to a sentence alternative under section 1152 that | includes a period of administrative release, unless: |
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| A. The statute that the person is convicted of violating | expressly provides that the fine and imprisonment penalties | it authorizes may not be suspended, in which case the | convicted person must be sentenced to the imprisonment and | required to pay the fine authorized therein; |
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| B. The court sentences the person to a sentencing | alternative under section 1152 that includes a period of | probation; or |
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| C. The court finds that such a sentence would diminish the | gravity of the crime for which that person was convicted. |
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| | Sec. 16. 17-A MRSA §1349-A, sub-§2-A is enacted to read: |
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| | 2-A.__During the period of administrative release, if the | person cannot meet a requirement of administrative release | imposed by the court, the person shall bring a motion pursuant to | subsection 2. |
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| | Sec. 17. 17-A MRSA §1349-B, sub-§1, as enacted by PL 2003, c. 711, Pt. | A, §19, is amended to read: |
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| | 1. The court may sentence a person to a term of imprisonment | not to exceed the maximum term authorized for the Class D or | Class E crime or the Class C crime under Title 29-A, section | 2557, suspend the entire term of imprisonment in whole or in part | and accompany the suspension with a period of |
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