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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. Unauthorized 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,
corrections officer's or corrections supervisor's public
duty; or

 
B. A person possessing a an unloaded firearm for the
purpose of offering the firearm as evidence in a civil or
criminal proceeding if the presiding judge or justice has
provided granted prior written approval in writing to the
person and the person possesses a copy of the written
approval.

 
2-A.__It is not a defense to a prosecution under this section
that the person holds a valid permit to carry a concealed firearm
issued under Title 25, chapter 252.

 
3. A person who violates subsection 1 commits Unauthorized
possession of a firearm in a courthouse is a Class D crime.

 
Sec. 10. 17-A MRSA §1111-A, sub-§4, ķA, as amended by PL 2005, c. 386,
Pt. DD, §1, is further amended to read:

 
A. The person uses drug paraphernalia to plant, propagate,
cultivate, grow, harvest, manufacture, compound, convert,
produce, process, prepare, test, analyze, pack, repack, store,
contain, conceal, inject, ingest, inhale or otherwise introduce
into the human body a scheduled drug in violation of this chapter
or Title 22, section 2383. Violation of this paragraph is a
civil violation for which a fine of not


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