An Act To Amend the Laws Governing Probation and Remove References to the Intensive Supervision Program of the Department of Corrections
Maine Legislature, Session 126, LD 0701
Committee: Criminal Justice and Public Safety
Sponsors: GERZOFSKY, LONG, DUTREMBLE, DION, KAENRATH, MARKS, PEASE, WILSON
Amends: 15 MRSA §651, 15 MRSA §652, 15 MRSA §2121, 15 MRSA §3003, 17-A MRSA §2, 17-A MRSA §755, 17-A MRSA §1152, 17-A MRSA §1175, 17-A MRSA §1202, 17-A MRSA §1204, 17-A MRSA §1208, 17-A MRSA §1252, 17-A MRSA §1253, 17-A MRSA §1256, 25 MRSA §2801-B, 26 MRSA §663, 26 MRSA §962, 26 MRSA §979-A, 28-A MRSA §2, 34-A MRSA §1001, 34-A MRSA §5401, 34-A MRSA §5402, 34-A MRSA §5404, 34-A MRSA §11203, 34-A MRSA §11273, 34-B MRSA §1220, 39-A MRSA §102, 39-A MRSA §203

Legislative Document 
No. 701 
S.P. 250 
In Senate, February 26, 2013 
An Act To Amend the Laws Governing Probation and Remove 
References to the Intensive Supervision Program of the Department 
of Corrections 
Submitted by the Department of Corrections pursuant to Joint Rule 204. 
Reference to the Committee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety suggested and ordered 
printed. 
DAREK M. GRANT 
Secretary of the Senate 
Presented by Senator GERZOFSKY of Cumberland. 
Cosponsored by Representative LONG of Sherman and 
Senator: DUTREMBLE of York, Representatives: DION of Portland, KAENRATH of South 
Portland, MARKS of Pittston, PEASE of Morrill, WILSON of Augusta. 
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows: 
Sec. 1.  15 MRSA §651, sub-§16, as enacted by PL 2011, c. 214, §2 and affected 
by §6, is amended to read: 
16.  Probation violation warrant.  "Probation violation warrant" means a bench 
warrant issued by a judicial officer in response to a motion to revoke the probation, 
intensive supervision or supervised release of an individual, requested by a probation 
officer or prosecutor. 
Sec. 2.  15 MRSA §652, sub-§4, as enacted by PL 2011, c. 214, §2 and affected 
by §6, is amended to read: 
4.  Corrections warrants.  Warrants issued by the Department of Corrections for 
violations of parole, probation, intensive supervision or supervised release or for escape 
or failure to report; 
Sec. 3.  15 MRSA §2121, sub-§2, as amended by PL 2011, c. 601, §3, is further 
amended to read: 
2.  Post-sentencing proceeding. "Post-sentencing proceeding" means a court 
proceeding or administrative action occurring during the course of and pursuant to the 
operation of a sentence that affects whether there is incarceration or its length, including 
revocation of parole, failure to grant parole, an error of law in the computation of a 
sentence including administrative calculations of deductions relative to time detained 
pursuant to Title 17-A, section 1253, subsection 2 and default in payment of a fine or 
restitution.  It does not include the following Title 17-A, Part 3 court proceedings:  
revocation of probation, revocation of intensive supervision, revocation of supervised 
release for sex offenders or revocation of administrative release.  It does not include the 
following administrative actions:  calculations of good time and meritorious good time 
credits pursuant to Title 17-A, section 1253, subsections 3, 3-B, 4, 5 and 7 or similar 
deductions under Title 17-A, section 1253, subsections 8, 9 and 10; disciplinary 
proceedings resulting in a withdrawal of good-time credits or similar deductions under 
Title 17-A, section 1253, subsections 6, 8, 9 and 10; cancellation of furlough or other 
rehabilitative programs authorized under Title 30-A, sections 1556, 1605 and 1606 or 
Title 34-A, section 3035; cancellation of a supervised community confinement program 
granted pursuant to Title 34-A, section 3036-A; cancellation of a community confinement 
monitoring program granted pursuant to Title 30-A, section 1659-A; or cancellation of 
placement on community reintegration status granted pursuant to Title 34-A, section 3810 
or 4112. 
Sec. 4.  15 MRSA §3003, sub-§17, as amended by PL 1989, c. 113, §1, is further 
amended to read: 
17.  Law enforcement officer. "Law enforcement officer" means any person who by 
virtue of public employment is vested by law with a duty to maintain public order, to 
prosecute offenders, to make arrests for crimes, whether that duty extends to all crimes or 
is limited to specific crimes, or to perform probation functions or to perform intensive 
supervision functions. 
Sec. 5.  17-A MRSA §2, sub-§17, as amended by PL 2009, c. 142, §2, is further 
amended to read: 
17.     "Law enforcement officer" means any person who by virtue of public 
employment is vested by law with a duty to maintain public order, to prosecute offenders, 
to make arrests for crimes, whether that duty extends to all crimes or is limited to specific 
crimes, or to perform probation functions or to perform intensive supervision functions or 
who is an adult probation supervisor. 
Sec. 6.  17-A MRSA §755, sub-§1-A, as amended by PL 2003, c. 711, Pt. A, §5, 
is repealed. 
Sec. 7.  17-A MRSA §755, sub-§3-A, ¶D, as enacted by PL 2001, c. 383, §95 
and affected by §156, is repealed. 
Sec. 8.  17-A MRSA §1152, sub-§2, ¶E, as enacted by PL 1985, c. 821, §3, is 
repealed. 
Sec. 9.  17-A MRSA §1152, sub-§2, ¶G, as amended by PL 2005, c. 527, §12, is 
further amended to read: 
G.    A fine as authorized by chapter 53.  Such a fine may be imposed in addition to 
the sentencing alternatives in paragraphs B, D, E, F, H, I, L, M and N; 
Sec. 10.  17-A MRSA §1175, first ¶, as repealed and replaced by PL 2009, c. 
652, Pt. A, §17, is amended to read: 
Upon complying with subsection 1, a victim of a crime of murder or of a Class A, 
Class B or Class C crime or of a Class D crime under chapters 9, 11 and 12 for which the 
defendant is committed to the Department of Corrections or to a county jail or is 
committed to the custody of the Commissioner of Health and Human Services either 
under Title 15, section 103 after having been found not criminally responsible by reason 
of insanity or under Title 15, section 101-D after having been found incompetent to stand 
trial must receive notice of the defendant's unconditional release and discharge from 
institutional confinement upon the expiration of the sentence or upon release from 
commitment under Title 15, section 101-D or upon discharge under Title 15, section 
104-A and must receive notice of any conditional release of the defendant from 
institutional confinement, including probation, supervised release for sex offenders, 
parole, furlough, work release, intensive supervision, supervised community 
confinement, home release monitoring or similar program, administrative release or 
release under Title 15, section 104-A. 
Sec. 11.  17-A MRSA §1175, sub-§3, ¶B, as amended by PL 2009, c. 268, §9, is 
further amended to read: 
B.  The nature of the release authorized, whether it is a conditional release, including 
probation, supervised release for sex offenders, parole, furlough, work release, 
intensive supervision, supervised community confinement, home release monitoring 
or a similar program, administrative release or release under Title 15, section 104-A, 
or an unconditional release and discharge upon release from commitment under Title 
15, section 101-D or upon the expiration of a sentence or upon discharge under Title 
15, section 104-A; 
Sec. 12.  17-A MRSA §1202, sub-§1-B, as amended by PL 2009, c. 142, §6, is 
further amended to read: 
1-B.     Notwithstanding subsection 1, if the State pleads and proves that the 
enumerated Class D or Class E crime was committed by the person against a family or 
household member, and if the court orders the person to complete a certified batterers' 
intervention program as defined in Title 19-A, section 4014, the person may be placed on 
probation for a period not to exceed 2 years, except that, on motion by the probation 
officer, the person on probation or the court, the term of probation must be terminated by 
the court when the probationer has served at least one year of probation, has completed 
the certified batterers' intervention program, has paid in full any victim restitution ordered 
and, from the time the period of probation commenced until the motion for termination is 
heard, has met all other conditions of probation. 
A.  As used in this subsection, the following definitions apply. 
(1)  "Enumerated Class D or Class E crime" means any Class D crime in chapter 
9, any Class D or Class E crime in chapter 11, the Class D crimes described in 
sections 302 and 506-B and the Class D crimes described in sections 554, 555 
and 758. 
(2)  "Family or household member" has the same meaning as in Title 19-A, 
section 4002, subsection 4. 
B.  Termination under this subsection requires a judicial finding that the probationer 
has served at least one year of probation, has successfully completed a certified 
batterers' intervention program, has paid in full any victim restitution ordered and, 
from the time the period of probation commenced until the motion for termination is 
heard, has met all other conditions of probation. 
Sec. 13.  17-A MRSA §1202, sub-§1-C is enacted to read: 
1-C.   Except for a person placed on probation for a crime under chapter 11 or 12 or 
section 556 or for a crime against a family or household member under chapter 9 or 13 or 
section 506-B, 554, 555 or 758, on motion of the probation officer and a judicial finding 
that the probationer has served at least 1/2 of the period of probation, has paid in full any 
victim restitution ordered and, from the time the period of probation commenced until the 
motion for termination is heard, has met all other conditions of probation, the court shall 
terminate the period of probation.  As used in this subsection, "family or household 
member" has the same meaning as in Title 19-A, section 4002, subsection 4. 
Sec. 14.  17-A MRSA §1202, sub-§3-A, as enacted by PL 2009, c. 336, §14, is 
amended to read: 
3-A.   A motion and hearing pursuant to subsection 1-B, 1-C, 2, 2-A or 3 need not be 
before the justice or judge who originally imposed probation.  Any justice or judge may 
initiate and hear a motion as provided in subsections 1-B, 1-C, 2, 2-A and 3 and any 
justice or judge may hear a motion brought by the probation officer or by the person on 
probation as provided in subsections 1-B, 1-C, 2, 2-A and 3. 
Sec. 15.  17-A MRSA §1204, sub-§5 is enacted to read: 
5.   Whenever the court requires as a condition of probation that the convicted person 
remain within the jurisdiction of the court, unless permission to leave temporarily is 
granted in writing by the probation officer, the Department of Corrections may impose on 
a person applying for such permission an application fee of $25.  The department may 
impose on a person an additional fee of $25 per month if permission is sought and 
granted to leave the jurisdiction of the court on a periodic basis.  Permission to leave may 
not be denied or withdrawn solely because the person is not able to pay the application 
fee or the additional fee.  When a person fails to pay an imposed fee, the department may 
refuse to process the application or may withdraw permission to leave if the failure to pay 
is attributable to the person's willful refusal to pay or to a failure on the person's part to 
make a good faith effort to obtain the funds required for the payment.  Fees received 
pursuant to this subsection must be deposited into the department's adult community 
corrections account, which may not lapse.  Fees deposited pursuant to this subsection 
must be used to defray costs associated with processing the applications, including, but 
not limited to, the cost of materials, equipment, training for probation officers and 
administration, and for the department's share of the costs of extraditing probationers who 
are fugitives from justice. 
Sec. 16.  17-A MRSA §1208, as enacted by PL 1995, c. 368, Pt. R, §4, is amended 
to read: 
§1208.  In lieu of probation revocation proceedings 
Whenever a probation officer has probable cause to believe that a person under the 
supervision of the probation officer has violated a condition of probation but the violation 
does not constitute a crime or constitutes only a Class E crime, the probation officer, 
instead of commencing probation revocation proceedings under section 1205, may offer 
to the person on probation the option of adding one or more of the following conditions to 
the person's probation: 
1.  Daily reporting program.  Participation in a daily reporting program; 
2.  Public restitution program; treatment program.  Participation in a public 
restitution program or treatment program administered through a Department of 
Corrections' prerelease center correctional facility; or 
3.  Residing at facility.  Residing at a Department of Corrections' prerelease center 
correctional facility for a period of time not to exceed 90 days.; or 
4.  Jail confinement.  Being confined to a county jail for a period of time not to 
exceed 72 hours. 
If the person on probation agrees, in writing, to the additional conditions, the 
conditions must be implemented.  If the person on probation does not agree or if the 
person fails to fulfill the additional conditions to the satisfaction of the probation officer, 
the probation officer may commence probation revocation proceedings under section 
1205 or 1205-B for the violation that the probation officer had probable cause to believe 
occurred.  If the person on probation fulfills the additional conditions to the satisfaction 
of the probation officer, the probation officer shall so notify the person in writing and the 
probation officer may not commence probation revocation proceedings for the violation 
that the probation officer had probable cause to believe occurred. 
Sec. 17.  17-A MRSA §1252, sub-§5-A, ¶B, as amended by PL 2003, c. 232, §1, 
is further amended to read: 
B.  The court may impose a sentence other than a minimum unsuspended term of 
imprisonment set forth in paragraph A, if:  
(1)  The court finds by substantial evidence that:  
(a)  Imposition of a minimum unsuspended term of imprisonment under 
paragraph A will result in substantial injustice to the defendant.  In making 
this determination, the court shall consider, among other considerations, 
whether the defendant did not know and reasonably should not have known 
that the victim was less than 18 years of age; 
(b)  Failure to impose a minimum unsuspended term of imprisonment under 
paragraph A will not have an adverse effect on public safety; and 
(c)  Failure to impose a minimum unsuspended term of imprisonment under 
paragraph A will not appreciably impair the effect of paragraph A in 
deterring others from violating section 1105-A, 1105-B, 1105-C or 1105-D; 
and 
(2)  The court finds that: 
(b)  The defendant is an appropriate candidate for an intensive supervision 
program, but would be ineligible to participate under a sentence imposed 
under paragraph A; or 
(c)  The defendant's background, attitude and prospects for rehabilitation and 
the nature of the victim and the offense indicate that imposition of a sentence 
under paragraph A would frustrate the general purposes of sentencing set 
forth in section 1151. 
If the court imposes a sentence under this paragraph, the court shall state in writing 
its reasons for its findings and for imposing a sentence under this paragraph rather 
than under paragraph A; and 
Sec. 18.  17-A MRSA §1253, sub-§3, as amended by PL 1993, c. 518, §1, is 
further amended to read: 
3.     Beginning October 1, 1983, a person sentenced to imprisonment for more than 6 
months is entitled to receive a deduction of 10 days each month for observing all rules of 
the department and institution.  The period from which the deduction is made must be 
calculated from the first day the person is delivered into the custody of the department 
and includes the full length of the unsuspended portion of the sentence.  This provision 
does not apply to the suspended portion of the person's sentence pursuant to section 1203 
nor does it apply to the suspended portion of a sentence under section 1262.  For the 
purpose of calculating good time under this subsection, a month is 30 days and a year is 
months. 
A.  Deductions under this subsection must be calculated as follows for partial months. 
Sec. 19.  17-A MRSA §1256, sub-§1-A, as amended by PL 2009, c. 142, §8, is 
further amended to read: 
1-A.     Subsection 1 applies to prisoners on intensive supervision or supervised 
community confinement pursuant to Title 34-A, section 3036-A.  
Sec. 20.  17-A MRSA c. 52, as amended, is repealed. 
Sec. 21.  25 MRSA §2801-B, sub-§1, ¶A, as amended by PL 2009, c. 142, §10, 
is further amended to read: 
A.  An employee of the Department of Corrections with a duty to perform probation 
functions or to perform intensive supervision functions who is an adult probation 
supervisor as defined in Title 17-A, section 2, subsection 3-C or an investigative 
officer as described in Title 34-A, section 3011; 
Sec. 22.  26 MRSA §663, sub-§3, ¶L, as enacted by PL 2009, c. 529, §3, is 
amended to read: 
L.  A person who is a sentenced prisoner in actual execution of a term of 
incarceration imposed in this State or any other jurisdiction for a criminal offense, 
except a prisoner who is: 
(1)  Employed by a private employer; 
(2)  Participating in a work release program; 
Days of partial month 
Maximum good time credit available 
- 2 days 
- 5 days 
- 8 days 
- 11 days 
- 14 days 
- 17 days 
- 20 days 
- 23 days 
- 26 days 
- 29 days 
days 
(3)  Sentenced to imprisonment with intensive supervision under Title 17-A, 
section 1261; 
(4)  Employed in a program established under a certification issued by the United 
States Department of Justice under 18 United States Code, Section 1761; 
(5)  Employed while in a supervised community confinement program pursuant 
to Title 34-A, section 3036-A; or 
(6)  Employed while in a community confinement monitoring program pursuant 
to Title 30-A, section 1659-A. 
Sec. 23.  26 MRSA §962, sub-§6, ¶H, as amended by PL 2009, c. 142, §11, is 
further amended to read: 
H.  Who is a prisoner employed by a public employer during the prisoner's term of 
imprisonment, except for prisoners who are in a work release program or on intensive 
supervision under Title 17-A, section 1261 or supervised community confinement 
pursuant to Title 34-A, section 3036-A. 
Sec. 24.  26 MRSA §979-A, sub-§6, ¶K, as amended by PL 2009, c. 142, §12, is 
further amended to read: 
K.  Who is a prisoner employed by a public employer during the prisoner's term of 
imprisonment, except for prisoners who are in a work release program or on intensive 
supervision under Title 17-A, section 1261 or supervised community confinement 
pursuant to Title 34-A, section 3036-A. 
Sec. 25.  28-A MRSA §2, sub-§13-A, as amended by PL 2009, c. 142, §13, is 
further amended to read: 
13-A.  Law enforcement officer.  "Law enforcement officer" means any person who 
by virtue of public employment is vested by law with a duty to maintain public order, to 
prosecute offenders, to make arrests for crimes, whether that duty extends to all crimes or 
is limited to specific crimes, or to perform probation functions or to perform intensive 
supervision functions or who is an adult probation supervisor as defined in Title 17-A, 
section 2, subsection 3-C. 
Sec. 26.  34-A MRSA §1001, sub-§14, as amended by PL 2009, c. 142, §14, is 
further amended to read: 
14.  Prisoner. "Prisoner" means an adult person sentenced and committed to, 
transferred to or detained in the custody of the department, including, where the context 
indicates, a person under intensive supervision or on supervised community confinement. 
Sec. 27.  34-A MRSA §1001, sub-§15-A, as amended by PL 2001, c. 667, Pt. A, 
§50, is further amended to read: 
15-A.  Regional correctional administrator.  "Regional correctional administrator" 
means the supervisor of adult probation and parole and intensive supervision services or 
the supervisor of juvenile community corrections officer services for a region. 
Sec. 28.  34-A MRSA §5401, as repealed and replaced by PL 1995, c. 502, Pt. F, 
§33, is amended to read: 
§5401.  Administration of probation and parole services 
The Department of Corrections is charged with the administration of probation and 
parole services and the Intensive Supervision Program within the State. 
Sec. 29.  34-A MRSA §5402, sub-§2, ¶A, as amended by PL 2005, c. 488, §19, 
is further amended to read: 
A.  Adopt and enforce rules for field probation and parole officers, juvenile 
community corrections officers, and parole officers in correctional facilities and 
Intensive Supervision Program officers; 
Sec. 30.  34-A MRSA §5402, sub-§2, ¶B, as amended by PL 2005, c. 488, §20, 
is further amended to read: 
B.  Appoint, subject to the Civil Service Law, regional correctional administrators, 
field probation and parole officers, juvenile community corrections officers, Intensive 
Supervision Program officers and such other employees as may be required to carry 
out adequate supervision of all probationers, parolees from the correctional facilities, 
persons on intensive supervision and other persons placed under the supervision of an 
employee listed in this paragraph; 
Sec. 31.  34-A MRSA §5402, sub-§2, ¶D, as amended by PL 1985, c. 821, §28, 
is further amended to read: 
D.  Provide necessary investigation of any criminal case or matter, including 
presentence investigation and intensive supervision eligibility investigations, when 
requested by the court having jurisdiction; 
Sec. 32.  34-A MRSA §5402, sub-§2, ¶K, as amended by PL 2005, c. 488, §21, 
is further amended to read: 
K.  Provide instruction and training courses for probation and parole officers, for 
Intensive Supervision Program officers and for juvenile community corrections 
officers; 
Sec. 33.  34-A MRSA §5404, as amended by PL 2011, c. 680, §§7 and 8, is 
further amended to read: 
§5404.  Probation and parole officers 
In addition to duties prescribed by the commissioner and by the court having 
jurisdiction, a probation and parole or intensive supervision program officer shall: 
1.  Investigation.  Investigate any criminal case or matter concerning probation, 
supervised release for sex offenders, or parole or intensive supervision referred to the 
officer for investigation and report the result of the investigation; 
2.  Arrest.  Arrest, after completing the entry level and orientation training course 
prescribed by the commissioner, in the following circumstances: 
A.  Arrest violators of probation or supervised release for sex offenders and parole 
violators and return parole violators upon request of the commissioner; 
B.  Arrest and return to a correctional facility persons released from the correctional 
facility under section 3035 or transferred from the facility under section 3036-A; and 
C.  If the officer has probable cause to believe that a person under the supervision of 
the department has violated a condition of that person's probation, supervised release 
for sex offenders, or parole or intensive supervision, the officer may arrest that 
person; 
3.  Supervision.  Supervise persons as follows: 
A.  Supervise the probation, supervised release for sex offenders, or parole or 
intensive supervision of each person placed under the officer's supervision to ensure 
that departmental resources are directed to the management of persons with a high 
risk of reoffending; 
B.  Supervise persons released from a correctional facility under section 3035 and 
supervise persons transferred to supervised community confinement under section 
3036-A if the commissioner directs; 
C.  Keep informed of the conduct and condition of each person placed under the 
officer's supervision and use suitable methods to encourage the person to improve 
that person's conduct and condition; and 
E.  Supervise the transition from institutional confinement for persons residing in a 
prerelease center if the commissioner directs;  
3-A.  Risk assessment; immunity from liability.  Make a good faith effort to 
supplement any assessment tool for all domestic violence offenders with a validated, 
evidence-based domestic violence risk assessment recommended by the Maine 
Commission on Domestic and Sexual Abuse, established in Title 5, section 12004-I, 
subsection 74-C, and approved by the Department of Public Safety.  A probation and 
parole or intensive supervision program officer shall implement protocols to override risk 
assessment scores based on the presence of domestic violence risk factors that indicate a 
higher risk. 
Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, the administration of the domestic 
violence risk assessment pursuant to this subsection or the failure to administer the 
assessment does not subject any state, municipal or county official or employee to 
liability in a civil action; and 
4.  Records and reports. Keep records of each case and make reports as required. 
Sec. 34.  34-A MRSA §11203, sub-§1-A, as amended by PL 2009, c. 365, Pt. B, 
§4 and affected by §22, is further amended to read: 
1-A.  Conditional release.  "Conditional release"  means supervised release of a 
registrant or an offender from institutional confinement for placement on probation, 
parole, intensive supervision, supervised release for sex offenders, supervised community 
confinement, home release monitoring or release under Title 15, section 104-A or Title 
17-A, chapter 54-G. 
Sec. 35.  34-A MRSA §11273, sub-§3, as enacted by PL 2011, c. 663, §3, is 
amended to read: 
3.  Conditional release.  "Conditional release" means supervised release of a 
registrant or an offender from institutional confinement for placement on probation, 
parole, intensive supervision, supervised release for sex offenders, supervised community 
confinement, home release monitoring or release under Title 15, section 104-A or Title 
17-A, chapter 54-G. 
Sec. 36.  34-B MRSA §1220, first ¶, as amended by PL 2007, c. 286, §3, is 
further amended to read: 
The department shall designate at least one individual within each of the 7 areas 
described in section 3608, subsection 1-A to act as liaison to the District Courts and 
Superior Courts of the State and to the Department of Corrections in its administration of 
probation and parole services and the Intensive Supervision Program established pursuant 
to Title 17-A, section 1261. 
Sec. 37.  39-A MRSA §102, sub-§11, ¶E, as amended by PL 2009, c. 529, §4, is 
further amended to read: 
E.  "Employee" does not include any person who is a sentenced prisoner in actual 
execution of a term of incarceration imposed in this State or any other jurisdiction for 
a criminal offense, except in relation to compensable injuries suffered by the prisoner 
during incarceration and while the prisoner is: 
(1)  A prisoner in a county jail under final sentence of 72 hours or less and is 
assigned to work outside of the county jail; 
(2)  Employed by a private employer; 
(3)  Participating in a work release program; 
(4)  Sentenced to imprisonment with intensive supervision under Title 17-A, 
section 1261; 
(5)  Employed in a program established under a certification issued by the United 
States Department of Justice under 18 United States Code, Section 1761;  
(6)  Employed while in a supervised community confinement program pursuant 
to Title 34-A, section 3036-A; or 
(7)  Employed while in a community confinement monitoring program pursuant 
to Title 30-A, section 1659-A. 
Sec. 38.  39-A MRSA §203, sub-§1, ¶C, as amended by PL 2009, c. 142, §18, is 
repealed. 
Sec. 39.  Application.  That section of this Act that enacts the Maine Revised 
Statutes, Title 17-A, section 1202, subsection 1-C applies only to a person who commits a 
crime on or after the effective date of this Act and is subsequently placed on probation for 
that crime. 
SUMMARY 
This bill amends the laws governing the process for terminating the probation of 
certain persons.  It also requires the termination of the probation of persons, other than 
domestic violence and sex offenders, who complete all probation requirements if at least 
one half of the probation period has been served. 
It allows the Department of Corrections to impose fees on probationers seeking out-
of-state travel permits.  The fees must be used to defray costs associated with processing 
the applications, as well as to help pay for extraditing probationers who have left Maine 
without permission or failed to return to Maine as required by a travel permit. 
It amends the laws governing alternatives to probation revocation proceedings 
regarding under what conditions these alternatives are available, what these alternatives 
are and the duties of a probation officer with respect to a person on probation who 
successfully completes alternatives to probation revocation proceedings. 
It eliminates references to the Department of Corrections' Intensive Supervision 
Program.