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as having committed a juvenile crime when supervision is
appropriate as an interim measure pending the completion of a
procedure authorized by law to be taken in regard to such juvenile.
Supervision shall must be exercised during that period beginning
with receipt of the juvenile by the attendant and ending upon the
release of the juvenile to his the juvenile's legal custodian or
other responsible adult. This supervision constitutes "attendant
care." Attendant care may not be ordered by the juvenile court
except with the consent of the county sheriff or the Department of
Corrections.

 
Sec. 5. 15 MRSA §3103, sub-§1, ¶H, as enacted by PL 2003, c. 410, §7,
is amended to read:

 
H. If a juvenile has been convicted of a crime for a
violation of a provision of Title 12 or 29-A not
specifically included in paragraph E or F, willful refusal
to pay a resulting fine or willful violation of the terms of
a resulting probation administrative release or willful
failure to comply with the terms of any other resulting
court order.

 
Sec. 6. 15 MRSA §3201, sub-§1, as amended by PL 2003, c. 305, §4, is
further amended to read:

 
1. Warrantless arrests. Arrests without warrants of juveniles
for juvenile crimes defined by section 3103, subsection 1,
paragraphs A, D, E, F and, G and H by law enforcement officers or
private persons shall must be made pursuant to the provisions of
Title 17-A, sections 15 and 16. For purposes of this section, a
juvenile crime defined under section 3103, subsection 1,
paragraph D or H, shall be is deemed a Class D or Class E crime.
A law enforcement officer or private person may not arrest a
juvenile for a juvenile crime defined by section 3103, subsection
1, paragraph B or C.

 
Sec. 7. 15 MRSA §3201, sub-§3, as amended by PL 1995, c. 470, §6, is
further amended to read:

 
3. Enforcement of other juvenile crimes. A law enforcement
officer who has probable cause to believe that a juvenile crime,
as defined by section 3103, subsection 1, paragraph B or C has
been committed may request that the juvenile provide the officer
with reasonably credible evidence of the juvenile's name, address
and age date of birth. The evidence may consist of oral
representations by the juvenile. If the juvenile furnishes the
officer with evidence of the juvenile's name, address and age
date of birth and the evidence does not appear to be reasonably
credible, the officer shall attempt to verify the evidence as
quickly as is reasonably possible. During the period the


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