An Act To
Maine Legislature, Session 123, LD 1736
Committee Amendment CA_A_H421 (House)
Amends: 17-A MRSA §1349, 17-A MRSA §1349-A

COMMITTEE AMENDMENT ,A" to H.P. 1219, L.D. 1736, Bill, "An Act To 
Amend the Laws Relating to Probation and Supervised Release for Sex Offenders" 
Amend the bill by striking out the title and substituting the following: 
'An Act To Amend the Laws Relating to Probation and Supervised Release 
for Sex Offenders and To Make Necessary Changes to the Maine Criminal 
Code' 
Amend the bill in section 3 in subsection lOin the 3rd line (page 1, line 30 in L.D.) 
by striking out the following: "serve" and inserting the following: 'served' 
Amend the bill by striking out all of section 6 and inserting the following: 
'Sec. 6. 17-A MRSA §1349, sub-§l, ,A, as enacted by PL 2003, c. 7 I I, Pt. A, 
§ 19, is repealed. 
Sec. 7. 17-A MRSA §1349-A, sub-§l, as enacted by PL 2003, c. 71 I, Pt. A, §19, 
is amended to read: 
1. 
A person who has been convicted of a Class D or Class E crime or the Class C 
crime under Title 29-A, former section 2557, section 2557-A or section 2558 may be 
placed on administrative release for a period not to exceed one year. 
Sec. 8. 17-A MRS A §1349-B, sub-§2, as enacted by PL 2003, c. 71 I, Pt. A, §19, 
is amended to read: 
2. 
The court may sentence a person to a fine, not to exceed the maximum fine 
authorized for the Class D or Class E crime or the Class C crime under Title 29-A, former 
section 2557, section 2557-A or section 2558, suspend the fine in whole or in part and 
accompany the suspension with a period of administrative release not to exceed the one 
year authorized under section 1349-A, subsection 1.' 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT ·A .. to H.P.1219, L.D. 1736 
Amend the bill in section 8 in paragraph A in the 7th line (page 2, line 38 in L.D.) by 
striking out the following: "board or the Attorney General" and inserting the following: 
'board, 6f the Attorney General or the district attorney' 
Amend the bill by striking out all of section 9. 
Amend the bill by relettering or renumbering any nonconsecutive Part letter or 
section number to read consecutively. 
SUMMARY 
Because current law authorizes sentencing alternatives of both a fine and 
imprisonment followed by administrative release, this amendment repeals unnecessary 
language in the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 17-A, section 1349. The amendment also 
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amends Title 17-A, section 1349-A, subsection I and section 1349-B, subsection 2 to be 
consistent with regard to authorizing the use of administrative release for Class C 
operating after habitual offender revocation and aggravated operating after habitual 
offender revocation. The amendment adds district attorneys to the list of those who may 
show pharmacy records to law enforcement officers other than those listed. Finally, the 
amendment strikes from the bill the provision granting probation officers the power to 
arrest for obstruction of government administration while they are performing their 
official duties. 
FISCAL :\'OTE REQ11RED 
(See attached) 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
Approved: 06/01/07 frac 
LD 1736 
LR 641(02) 
An Act To Amend the Laws Relating to Probation and Supervised Release for Sex Offenders 
Fiscal Note for Bill as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" 
Committee: Criminal Justice and Public Safety 
Fiscal Note Required: Yes 
Fiscal Note 
Potential savings to county jails 
Correctional and Judicial Impact Statements 
May create cost savings to county jails for offenders placed in administrative alternatives rather than sentenced to jail 
terms. The average daily cost to incarcerate an inmate in a county jail is approximately $109.25 a day. Savings 
generated from alternatives may be partially offset by increased administrative costs. 
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