Maine LD102: An Act to Notify the Public of Juveniles That Have Escaped a Department of Corrections Facility and to Direct the Department of Corrections to Study the Further Release of Juvenile Intelligence and Investigative Record Information

What the bill says

An Act to Notify the Public of Juveniles Who Are Wanted Persons 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. ROBERT B. HUNT Clerk Presented by Representative LAJOIE of Lewiston. Printed on recycled paper.

From the introduced text:

An Act to Notify the Public of Juveniles Who Are Wanted Persons 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. ROBERT B. HUNT Clerk Presented by Representative LAJOIE of Lewiston. Printed on recycled paper Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows: Sec. 1. 15 MRSA §3010, sub-§3, as amended by PL 2023, c. 557, §1, is further amended to juveniles who are wanted persons. Notwithstanding subsection 2, if a juvenile has been adjudicated as having committed a juvenile crime that would constitute murder or a Class A, B or C crime if the juvenile adjudicated were an adult, then that adjudication and any resulting disposition imposed, but no other related juvenile history record information, may be disclosed publicly, except as provided in this subsection. Any adjudication and related disposition sealed pursuant to section 3308‐C, subsection 10 is not subject to public disclosure pursuant to this subsection. For the purpose of apprehending a juvenile, the juvenile's name, date of birth, physical description, photograph, location of alleged escape if applicable, any crime listed on an arrest warrant if applicable and whether the juvenile may present a risk to public safety, but no other information, may be disclosed publicly under …

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Sponsors

• Michel Lajoie (D, 96) · primary sponsor