An Act To Require Due Process and To Establish Expiration Dates for Criminal Trespass and Harassment Notices
Maine Legislature, Session 124, LD 0777
Committee Amendment CA_A_H315 (House)
Amends: 17-A MRSA §506-A

COMMITTEE AMENDMENT "A" to H.P. 528, L.D. 777, Bill, "An Act To 
Require Due Process and To Establish Expiration Dates for Criminal Trespass and 
Harassment Notices" 
Amend the bill by striking out the title and substituting the following: 
'An Act To Provide for an Expiration Date for Certain Harassment Notices' 
Amend the bill by striking out everything after the enacting clause and before the 
summary and inserting the following: 
'Sec. 1. 17-A MRSA §506-A, sub-§l, ~A, as enacted by PL 2001, c. 383, §66 
and affected by § 156, is amended to read: 
A. The person engages in any course of conduct with the intent to harass, torment or 
threaten another person after having been forbidden to do so by any sheriff, deputy 
sheriff, constable, police officer or justice of the peace or by a court in a protective 
order issued under Title 5, section 4654 or 4655 or Title 19 A, section 4006 or 4007 
or, if the person is an adult in the custody or under the supervision of the Department 
of Corrections, after having been forbidden. to engage in such conduct by the 
Commissioner of Corrections, the chief administrative officer of the facility, the 
correctional administrator for the region or their designees. 
Violation of this 
paragraph is a Class E crime; or: 
(1) After having been notified, in writing or otherwise, not to engage in such 
conduct by: 
(a) Any sheriff, deputy sheriff, constable, police officer or justIce of the 
peace. The notification not to engage in such conduct expires one year from 
the date of issuance; or 
(b) A cOUli in a protective order issued under Title 5, section 4654 or 4655 
or Title 19-A, section 4006 or 4007; or 
(2) 
If the person is an adult in the custody or under the supervision of the 
Department of Corrections, after having been forbidden to erigage in such 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT "A" to H.P. 528, L.D. 777 
conduct by the Commissioner of Corrections, the chief administrative officer of 
the facility, the correctional administrator for the region or their designees. 
Violation of this paragraph is a Class E crime; or' 
SUMMARY 
This amendment replaces the bill. It does not amend the criminal trespass statutes. 
This amendment amends the language describing the crime of harassment by revising 
one element of the crime. Current law provides that one way a person commits the crime 
of harassment is to engage in conduct with the intent to harass, torment or threaten 
another person after having been forbidden to do so by law enforcement. 
This 
amendment amends the element of notice by referring to it as a notification not to engage 
in the conduct. 
The notification may be in writing or may be made orally. 
The 
notification expires one year after it is issued. 
The structure of the language of the Class E crime of harassment is revised to ensure 
that the expiration applies to only the notice provided by a law enforcement official. The 
amendment does not affect protection from harassment orders or the crime of harassment 
when committed by a person in the custody of or under the supervision of the Department 
of Corrections. 
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