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PUBLIC LAWS OF MAINE
First Regular Session of the 121st

PART K

     Sec. K-1. 34-A MRSA §1215, as reallocated by RR 2001, c. 1, §43, is amended to read:

§1215. Accreditation

     All adult correctional facilities and juvenile facilities operated by the department must be accredited The department shall seek accreditation of its correctional and detention facilities by a nationally recognized correctional accrediting body by January 1, 2005 and must shall maintain any accreditation thereafter obtained. The department shall report to the joint standing committees of the Legislature having jurisdiction over criminal justice matters and appropriations and financial affairs regarding its progress towards accreditation by January 1, 2005.

     Sec. K-2. Commission established. That the Commission to Improve the Sentencing, Supervision, Management and Incarceration of Prisoners, referred to in this section as "the commission," is established.

     1. Commission membership. The commission consists of 17 members appointed as follows:

The commission shall ask the Chief Justice of the Supreme Judicial Court to serve or name a designee to serve as a voting member of the commission and to appoint 2 trial judges or their designees to serve as voting members of the commission.

     2. Appointments; chairs; meetings. All appointments must be made no later than 30 days following the effective date of this Act. The Governor shall appoint a chair from among the membership of the commission, who shall call and convene the first meeting of the commission no later than 15 days after appointments of all members. The commission may hold a total of 6 meetings, one of which may be a public hearing.

     3. Duties. Duties of the commission are as follows.

     4. Staff assistance. The State Planning Office shall provide staffing assistance.

     5. Compensation. The members of the commission who are Legislators are entitled to the legislative per diem, as defined in the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 3, section 2, and reimbursement for necessary expenses incurred for their attendance at authorized meetings of the commission. Members of the commission who are not otherwise compensated by their employers or other entities that they represent are entitled to receive reimbursement of necessary expenses incurred for their attendance at authorized meetings.

     6. Report. The commission shall submit a report that includes its findings and recommendations, including legislation, to the joint standing committee of the Legislature having jurisdiction over sentencing policies during the Second Regular Session of the 121st Legislature no later than December 3, 2003. The commission is authorized to introduce legislation related to its report to the Second Regular Session of the 121st Legislature at the time of submission of its report.

     Sec. K-3. Appropriations and allocations. The following appropriations and allocations are made.

CORRECTIONS, DEPARTMENT OF
Administration - Corrections 0141
Initiative: Appropriates funds to contract services to support the data collection, research and evaluation work of the Commission to Improve the Sentencing, Supervision, Management and Incarceration of Prisoners.
General Fund 2003-04 2004-05

CORRECTIONS, DEPARTMENT OF
DEPARTMENT TOTALS 2003-04 2004-05

LEGISLATURE
Study Commissions - Funding 0444
Initiative: Appropriates funds for the per diem and expenses of legislative members of the Commission to Improve the Sentencing, Supervision, Management and Incarceration of Prisoners.
General Fund 2003-04 2004-05

LEGISLATURE
DEPARTMENT TOTALS 2003-04 2004-05

SECTION TOTALS 2003-04 2004-05

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