An Act Containing the Recommendations ofthe Criminal Law Advisory Commission
Maine Legislature, Session 123, LD 2240
Committee Amendment CA_A_H735 (House)
Amends: 17-A MRSA §15

COMMITTEE AMENDMENT "A" to H.P. 1600, L.D. 2240, Bill, "An Act 
Containing the Recommendations ofthe Criminal Law Advisory Commission" 
Amend the bill by striking out all of section 4 and inserting the following: 
'Sec. 4. 17-A MRSA §15, sub-§l, ~A, as amended by PL 2007, c. 475, §8, is 
further amended to read: 
A. Any person who the officer has probable cause to believe has committed or is 
committing: 
(I) Murder; 
(2) Any Class A, Class B or Class C crime; 
(3) Assault while hunting; 
(4) Any offense defined in chapter 45; 
(5) Assault, criminal threatening, terrorizing or stalking, if the officer reasonably 
believes that the person may cause injury to others unless immediately arrested; 
(5-A) 
Assault, criminal threatening, terrorizing, stalking, criminal mischief, 
obstructing the report of a crime or injury or reckless conduct if the officer 
reasonably believes that the person and the victim are family or household 
members, as defined in Title 19-A, section 4002, subsection 4; 
(5-8) 
Domestic violence assault, domestic violence criminal threatening, 
domestic violence terrorizing, domestic violence stalking or domestic violence 
reckless conduct; 
(6) Theft as defined in section 357, when the value of the services is $1,000 or 
less if the officer reasonably believes that the person will not be apprehended 
unless immediately arrested; 
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(7) 
Forgery, if the officer reasonably believes that the person will not be 
apprehended unless immediately arrested; 
(8) Negotiating a worthless instrument if the officer reasonably bel ieves that the 
person will not be apprehended unless immediately arrested; 
(9) A violation of a condition of probation when requested by a probation officer 
or juvenile community corrections officer; 
(10) Violation of a condition of release in violation of Title 15, section 1026, 
subsection 3; Title IS, section 1027, subsection 3; Title 15, section 1051, 
subsection 2; and Title IS, section 1092; 
(11) Theft involving a detention under Title 17, section 3521; 
(12) Harassment, as set forth in section 506-A; 
(13) 
Violation of a protection order, as specified in Title 5, section 4659, 
subsection 2; Title 15, section 321, subsection 6; former Title 19, section 769, 
subsection 2; former Title 19, section 770, subsection 5; Title 19-A, section 4011, 
subsection 3; and Title 19-A, section 4012, subsection 5; 
(14) 
A violation of a sex offender registration provision under Title 34-A, 
chapter 15; ef 
(15) A violation of a requirement of administrative release when requested by the 
attorney for the State; aM 
(16) A violation of a condition of supervised release for sex offenders when 
requested by a probation officer; or 
(17) A violation of a court-imposed deferment requirement of a deferred 
disposition when requested by the attorney for the State; and' 
Amend the bill by striking out all of section 7 (page 4, lines 32 to 39 and page 5, lines 
to 4 in L.D.) 
Amend the bill by relettering or renumbering any nonconsecutive Part letter or 
section number to read consecutively. 
SUMMARY 
This amendment makes technical changes to the bill to incorporate changes made by 
Public Law 2007, chapter 475, section 8. The amendment also strikes from the bill the 
provision that changed the current directive as to where a probable cause hearing should 
take place for a probation violation by creating the general rule that the hearing be held in 
the court where the person was placed on probation. Striking this provision from the bill 
means that the current law is retained, which provides that the hearing must be held as 
near to the place where the new violation is alleged to have taken place as is reasonable. 
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