Maine Legislature, Session 126, LD 0031
Senate Amendment SA_A_S326 (Senate)
Committee: Criminal Justice and Public Safety, the Joint Standing Committee on Appropriations and Financial Affairs and the Joint Standing Committee on Judiciary

SENATE AMENDMENT "A " to S.P. 31, Order, "Joint Order Authorizing the 
Establishment of the Criminal Code Revision Commission" 
Amend the order by striking out everything and inserting in its place the following: 
'ORDERED, the House concurring, that the Criminal Code Revision Planning 
Committee is established. By March I, 2014, the Criminal Code Revision Planning 
Committee shall submit legislation to the Second Regular Session of the 126th 
Legislature to establish the Criminal Code Revision Commission, for the purpose of 
reviewing, revising, unifying, recodifying and consolidating the State's criminal laws, 
including, but not limited to, the Maine Criminal Code. The Criminal Code Revision 
Planning Committee includes: Three members of the Senate appointed by the President 
of the Senate, including members from each of the 2 parties holding the largest number of 
seats in the Legislature, one each from the Joint Standing Committee on Criminal Justice 
and Public Safety, the Joint Standing Committee on Appropriations and Financial Affairs 
and the Joint Standing Committee on Judiciary; and 3 members of the House of 
Representatives appointed by the Speaker of the House, including members from each of 
the 2 parties holding the largest number of seats in the Legislature, one each from the 
Joint Standing Committee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety, the Joint Standing 
Committee on Appropriations and Financial Affairs and the Joint Standing Committee on 
Judiciary. The President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House shall also invite the 
following to participate as members: the President of the Maine Association of Criminal 
Defense Lawyers, or a designee; the President of the Maine Prosecutors Association, or a 
designee; an active or retired judge; the Executive Director of the Maine Civil Liberties 
Union, or a designee; a victim advocate; and an expert on corrections matters. 
In 
developing the legislation and defining the duties of the Criminal Code Revision 
Commission, the Criminal Code Revision Planning Committee shall consider: 
1. Examining all sections of the Maine Criminal Code and all criminal statutes not 
contained in the Maine Criminal Code; 
2. Evaluating the operation of the Maine Criminal Code in an effort to revise the 
Maine Criminal Code as necessary to ensure clarity, consistency, generalization in 
defining prohibited conduct, proportionality of the penalties and punishments to the 
offense and equity in sentencing, and recommending amendments to the Maine Criminal 
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SENATE AMENDMENT "A" to S.P. 31, L.D. 0 
Code based on the evaluation and amendments to those criminal statutes not contained in 
the Maine Criminal Code; and 
3. Examining any other aspects of the State's criminal laws that may be relevant, 
including substantive, procedural and administrative matters. 
The legislation must provide that the Criminal Code Revision Commission may 
accept federal and other grants to carry out its responsibilities.' 
SUMMARY 
This amendment specifies that, instead of the Joint Standing Committee on Criminal 
Justice and Public Safety, the Joint Standing Committee on Appropriations and Financial 
Affairs and the Joint Standing Com . e on Judiciary collaborating, a committee made 
up of 2 members of each of those . int tanding committees and a number of additional 
invited stakeholders is to devel p 
gislatioty creating the Criminal Code Revision 
Commission and defining the dut' 
of that co 
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