PUBLIC Law, Chapter 604, An Act To Implement Certain Recommendations of the Criminal Law Advisory Commission

An Act To Implement Certain Recommendations of the Criminal Law Advisory Commission

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:

Sec. 1. 15 MRSA §1094-A is enacted to read:

§ 1094-A. Improper contact after bail has been revoked and denied

A person is guilty of improper contact after bail has been revoked and denied if, while being detained as a result of the person’s preconviction or post-conviction bail having been revoked and denied, the person intentionally or knowingly makes direct or indirect contact with a person when that contact was prohibited under a former condition of release. Violation of this section is a Class D crime.

Sec. 2. 30-A MRSA §1803, as enacted by PL 2003, c. 228, §1, is amended to read:

§ 1803. Relationship to other laws

This chapter provides an alternative method for carrying out the purposes of this chapter and is supplemental to powers conferred by other laws, and is not in derogation of any existing powers. Any reference to "county jail" or "jail" in the Maine Revised Statutes includes the Lincoln and Sagadahoc Multicounty Jail.

Sec. 3. 34-A MRSA §11203, sub-§6, ¶B, as amended by PL 2009, c. 365, Pt. B, §10 and affected by §22, is further amended to read:

B. A violation under former Title 17, section 2922; former Title 17, section 2923; former Title 17, section 2924; Title 17-A, section 253, subsection 2, paragraph E, F, G, H, I or J; Title 17-A, section 254; former Title 17-A, section 255, subsection 1, paragraph A, E, F, G, I or J; former Title 17-A, section 255, subsection 1, paragraph B or D if the crime was not elevated a class under former Title 17-A, section 255, subsection 3; Title 17-A, section 255-A, subsection 1, paragraph A, B, C, F-2, G, I, J, K, L, M, N, Q, R, S or T; Title 17-A, section 256; Title 17-A, section 258; Title 17-A, section 259; Title 17-A, section 282; Title 17-A, section 283; Title 17-A, section 284; Title 17-A, section 301, subsection 1, paragraph A, subparagraph (3), unless the actor is a parent of the victim; Title 17-A, section 511, subsection 1, paragraph D; Title 17-A, section 556; Title 17-A, section 852, subsection 1, paragraph B; or Title 17-A, section 855;

Sec. 4. Retroactivity. That section of this Act that amends the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 34-A, section 11203, subsection 6, paragraph B applies retroactively to September 28, 2011.

Effective 90 days following adjournment of the 125th Legislature, Second Regular Session, unless otherwise indicated.

HP1374 LD 1856	PUBLIC Law, Chapter 604 Signed on 2012-04-06 00:00:00.0 - Second Regular Session - 125th Maine Legislature
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