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130th MAINE LEGISLATURE
                  FIRST REGULAR SESSION-2021
Legislative Document                                                                   No. 13
S.P. 20                                                            In Senate, January 13, 2021
          An Act To Coordinate the Delivery of Individuals Committed to the
          Department of Corrections
   Submitted by the Department of Corrections pursuant to Joint Rule 204.
   Received by the Secretary of the Senate on January 11, 2021. Referred to the Committee
on Criminal Justice and Public Safety pursuant to Joint Rule 308.2 and ordered printed.
                                                                        DAREK M. GRANT
                                                                       Secretary of the Senate
Presented by Senator DESCHAMBAULT of York.
                                       Printed on recycled paper
 1   Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:
 2       Sec. 1. 17-A MRSA §2304, first ¶, as enacted by PL 2019, c. 113, Pt. A, §2, is
 3   amended to read:
 4        At the time of sentencing, the sheriff or the sheriff's designee shall notify the
 5   Commissioner of Corrections or the commissioner's designee that an individual has been
 6   committed to the Department of Corrections and shall inquire as to the correctional facility
 7   to which the individual must be delivered by the sheriff or the sheriff's designee. The
 8   commissioner or the commissioner's designee has complete discretion to determine the
 9   initial place of confinement. In making this determination, the commissioner or the
10   commissioner's designee shall review all relevant information, including any available
11   mental health information. The commissioner or the commissioner's designee shall
12   immediately inform the sheriff or the sheriff's designee of the location of the correctional
13   facility to which the individual must be transported. The commissioner or the
14   commissioner's designee and the sheriff or the sheriff's designee shall coordinate the date
15   and time of delivery of the individual to the designated correctional facility.
16                                          SUMMARY
17        This bill requires the Commissioner of Corrections or the commissioner's designee and
18   the sheriff or the sheriff's designee to coordinate the date and time of delivery by the latter
19   to the correctional facility designated by the former as the initial place of confinement of
20   an individual committed to the Department of Corrections.
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Statutes affected: 
Bill Text LD 13, SP 20: 17-A.2304