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D. If the value of property or services cannot be
ascertained beyond a reasonable doubt pursuant to the
standards set forth in paragraphs A to C, the trier of fact
may find the value to be not less than a certain amount, and
if no such minimum value can be thus ascertained, the value
is deemed to be an amount less than $500. Notwithstanding
this provision, for the purposes of this chapter, the value
of any audio or visual recording of all or any part of a
motion picture that is obtained through the use of any type
of recording device in a motion picture theater while a
motion picture is being exhibited, without the written
consent of the motion picture theater owner, is deemed to be
more than $500 but not more than $1,000, unless a higher
value can be proven.

 
Sec. 7. 17-A MRSA §760, sub-§1, as enacted by PL 2005, c. 329, §3, is
amended to read:

 
1. A person is guilty of failure to report a sexual assault
of a person in custody if that person is a member of the staff of
a hospital, prison or other institution who and that staff person
knows that a person detained in that institution is the victim of
a crime of sexual assault that occurred while the detained person
was in the institution but and, in fact, each staff person does
not report that crime to an appropriate criminal justice agency
is guilty of failure to report a sexual assault of a person in
custody.

 
Sec. 8. 17-A MRSA §760, sub-§2-A is enacted to read:

 
2-A.__It is an affirmative defense to prosecution under this
section that the defendant knew that the crime of sexual assault
had already been reported to an appropriate criminal justice
agency by another mandated reporter.

 
Sec. 9. 17-A MRSA §1058, as enacted by PL 2005, c. 175, §1, is
amended to read:

 
§1058. Possession of firearm in courthouse

 
1. A person may not possess is guilty of unauthorized
possession of a firearm in a courthouse if that person in fact
possesses a firearm in a courthouse.

 
2. This section does not apply to:

 
A. A person who is a law enforcement officer or, a corrections
officer acting within the course and scope of the officer's
employment or a corrections supervisor engaged in the performance
of the law enforcement officer's,


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