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Sec. 4. 34-A MRSA §3032, sub-§5-A, ķA-1, as enacted by PL 1995, c. 197, §2,
is amended to read:

 
A-1. Restitution may be imposed for the purpose of paying
the cost of medical care incurred as a result of the conduct
of a prisoner or juvenile while the prisoner or juvenile is
at the institution. When restitution is imposed at a
facility, a prisoner or a juvenile who is subject to that
restitution and who is able to generate receives money from
whatever any source shall pay 25% of that money to the
facility where the medical care was provided. The facility
shall collect that money and apply it to defray the cost of
medical care. Money received by the prisoner or juvenile
and directly deposited into a telephone call account
established by the department for the sole purpose of paying
for use of the department's client telephone system is not
subject to this paragraph, except that 25% of any money
received by the prisoner or juvenile and transferred from
the telephone call account to the department's general
client account at the time of the prisoner's or juvenile's
discharge or transfer to supervised community confinement or
community reintegration status must be collected and
disbursed as provided in this paragraph.

 
Sec. 5. 34-A MRSA §3032, sub-§5-B, ķA, as enacted by PL 2005, c. 329,
§8, is amended to read:

 
A. When a monetary sanction is imposed at a facility, a
prisoner who is subject to that monetary sanction and who is
able to generate receives money from any source shall pay
25% of that money to the facility where the monetary
sanction was imposed. The facility shall collect that money
and apply it to defray the cost of holding disciplinary
hearings. Money received by the prisoner and directly
deposited into a telephone call account established by the
department for the sole purpose of paying for use of the
department's client telephone system is not subject to this
paragraph, except that 25% of any money received by the
prisoner and transferred from the telephone call account to
the department's general client account at the time of the
prisoner's discharge or transfer to supervised community
confinement must be collected and disbursed as provided in
this paragraph.

 
Sec. 6. 34-A MRSA §3039, as amended by PL 2005, c. 329, §11, is
further amended to read:

 
§3039. Clients' money


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