An Act To Improve the Service of Protection from Harassment and Protection from Abuse Orders and the Collection of Restitution by the Department of Corrections . Amend the bill in section 1 in subsection 5 in the 9th line (page 1, line 12 in L.D.) by inserting after the following: "or" the following: 'chief administrative officer of the
Maine Legislature, Session 124, LD 0483
Committee Amendment CA_A_H82 (House)
Amends: 19-A MRSA §4007

COMMITTEE AMENDMENT " A" to H.P. 345, L.D. 483, Bill, "An Act To 
Improve the Service of Protection from Harassment and Protection from Abuse Orders 
and the Collection of Restitution by the Department of Corrections" 
. Amend the bill in section 1 in subsection 5 in the 9th line (page 1, line 12 in L.D.) by 
inserting after the following: "or" the following: 'chief administrative officer of the' 
Amend the bill in section 1 in subsection 5 in the 9th line (page 1, line 12 in L.D.) by 
inserting after the following: "facility" the following: 'or the chief administrative officer's 
designee' 
Amend the bill by inserting after section 1 the following: 
'Sec. 2. 5 MRS A §4655, sub-§6, as amended by PL 1999, c. 542, §2, is further 
amended to read: 
6. Service of order or consent decree. The court shall order a law enforcement 
agency~ or, if the defendant is present in the courthouse, a court security officer qualified 
pursuant to Title 4, section 17, subsection 15; or, if the defendant is in the custody of the 
Department of Corrections, the chief administrative officer or the chief administrative 
officer's designee at the correctional facility, to serve the defendant personally with aRJ' .1! 
protective order or consent decree.' 
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Amend the bill in section 2 in § 1326-A in the 2nd line (page 1, line 18 in L.D.) by 
striking out the following: "placed on" and inserting the following: 'does not receive a 
sentence that includes a period of 
Amend the bill in section 2 in § 1326-A in the 6th line (page 1, line 22 in L.D.) by 
striking out the following: "committed to the Department of Corrections or placed on" 
and inserting the following: 'placed on committed to the Department of Corrections or 
receives a sentence that includes a period of 
Amend the bill in section 4 in subsection 6 in the 9th line (page 2, line 14 in L.D.) by 
inse11ing after the following: "or" the following: 'chief administrative officer of a' 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
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COMMITTEE AMENDMENT "A "to H.P. 345, L.D. 483 
Amend the bill in section 4 in subsection 6 in the 9th line (page 2, line 14 in L.D.) by 
inserting after the following: "facility" the following: 'or the chief administrative officer's 
designee' 
Amend the bill by inserting at the end before the summary the following: 
'Sec. 5. 19-A MRSA §4007, sub-§6, as amended by PL 1999, c. 67, §2, is further 
amended to read: 
6. Service of order or consent decree. The court shall order a law enforcement 
agency~ or, if the defendant is present in the courthouse, a court security officer qualified 
pursuant to Title 4, section 17, subsection 15; or, if the defendant is in the custody of the 
Department of Corrections, the chief administrative officer or the chief administrative 
officer's designee at the correctional facility, to serve the defendant personally with a 
protective order or consent decree.' 
Amend the bill by relettering or renumbering any nonconsecutive Part letter or 
section number to read consecutively. 
SUMMARY 
This amendment clarifies that the chief administrative officer or the officer's designee 
is authorized to serve protection from abuse or protection from harassment orders on 
persons that are incarcerated in a Department of Corrections facility. The amendment 
also clarifies that this service applies to both temporary and permanent orders. 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
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