An Act to End the Collection of Certain Probation Fees
Maine Legislature, Session 132, LD 0822
Committee: Criminal Justice and Public Safety
Sponsors: BEEBE-CENTER
Amends: 15 MRSA §3314, 17-A MRSA §1752, 17-A MRSA §1754, 17-A MRSA §1807

Legislative Document
No. 822
S.P. 335
In Senate, March 4, 2025
An Act to End the Collection of Certain Probation Fees
Reference to the Committee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety suggested and ordered 
printed.
DAREK M. GRANT
Secretary of the Senate
Presented by Senator BEEBE-CENTER of Knox.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:
Sec. 1.  15 MRSA §3314, sub-§2, as amended by PL 2023, c. 136, §5, is further 
amended to read:
2.  Suspended disposition.  The court may impose any of the dispositional alternatives 
provided in subsection 1 and may suspend its disposition and place the juvenile on a 
specified period of probation that is subject to such provisions of Title 17‑A, section 1807 
as the court may order and that is administered pursuant to the provisions of Title 34‑A, 
chapter 5, subchapter 4, except that the court may not impose the condition set out in Title 
17‑A, section 1807, subsection 6.  The court may impose as a condition of probation that a 
juvenile must reside outside the juvenile's home in a setting satisfactory to the juvenile 
community corrections officer if the court determines that reasonable efforts have been 
made to prevent or eliminate the need for removal of the juvenile from the juvenile's home 
or that no reasonable efforts are necessary because of the existence of an aggravating factor 
as defined in Title 22, section 4002, subsection 1‑B, and that continuation in the juvenile's 
home would be contrary to the welfare of the juvenile.  Imposition of such a condition does 
not affect the legal custody of the juvenile.
Modification of probation is governed by the procedures contained in Title 17‑A, section 
1804, subsections 7 and 8.  Termination of probation is governed by the procedures 
contained in Title 17‑A, section 1804, subsection 10.  Revocation of probation is governed 
by the procedures contained in Title 17‑A, sections 1809 to 1812, except that this 
subsection governs the court's determinations concerning probable cause and continued 
detention and those provisions of Title 17‑A, section 1812, subsection 6 allowing a vacating 
of part of the suspension of execution apply only to a suspended fine under subsection 1, 
paragraph G or a suspended period of confinement under paragraph H.  A suspended 
commitment under subsection 1, paragraph F may be modified to a disposition under 
subsection 1, paragraph H.  When a revocation of probation results in the imposition of a 
disposition under subsection 1, paragraph F or a period of confinement under subsection 1, 
paragraph H, the court shall determine whether reasonable efforts have been made to 
prevent or eliminate the need for removal of the juvenile from the juvenile's home or that 
no reasonable efforts are necessary because of the existence of an aggravating factor as 
defined in Title 22, section 4002, subsection 1‑B and whether continuation in the juvenile's 
home would be contrary to the welfare of the juvenile.  This determination does not affect 
whether the court orders a particular disposition upon a revocation of probation.  If the 
juvenile is being detained for an alleged violation of probation, the court shall review within 
hours following the detention, excluding Saturdays, Sundays and legal holidays, the 
decision to detain the juvenile.  Following that review, the court shall order the juvenile's 
release unless the court finds that there is probable cause to believe that the juvenile has 
violated a condition of probation and finds, by a preponderance of the evidence, that 
continued detention is necessary to meet one of the purposes of detention under section 
3203‑A, subsection 4, paragraph C.  When a court orders continued detention, the court 
shall determine whether reasonable efforts have been made to prevent or eliminate the need 
for removal of the juvenile from the juvenile's home or that no reasonable efforts are 
necessary because of the existence of an aggravating factor as defined in Title 22, section 
4002, subsection 1‑B and whether continuation in the juvenile's home would be contrary 
to the welfare of the juvenile.  This determination does not affect whether the court orders 
continued detention.
Sec. 2.  17-A MRSA §1752, as enacted by PL 2019, c. 113, Pt. A, §2, is repealed.
Sec. 3.  17-A MRSA §1754, as enacted by PL 2019, c. 113, Pt. A, §2, is repealed.
Sec. 4.  17-A MRSA §1807, sub-§6, as enacted by PL 2019, c. 113, Pt. A, §2, is 
repealed.
Sec. 5.  17-A MRSA §1807, sub-§8, as enacted by PL 2019, c. 113, Pt. A, §2, is 
repealed.
SUMMARY
This bill eliminates 2 conditions of probation under the Maine Criminal Code. The 
conditions include general supervision fees imposed for a person's term of probation and 
fees related to a person requesting temporary leave from a jurisdiction when a person's 
probation requires that the person remain in the jurisdiction of the court. The bill also 
includes a number of technical statutory amendments relating to the elimination of those 
conditions.