APPROVED CHAPTER
MARCH 17, 2021 23
BY GOVERNOR PUBLIC LAW
STATE OF MAINE
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IN THE YEAR OF OUR LORD
TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-ONE
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S.P. 35 - L.D. 27
An Act To Provide an Immediate Opportunity To Appeal for a Juvenile
Bound Over into Criminal Court
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:
Sec. 1. 15 MRSA §3402, sub-§1, ¶B, as amended by PL 1997, c. 645, §11, is
further amended to read:
B. An order of disposition, or of any subsequent order modifying disposition, for an
abuse of discretion; and
Sec. 2. 15 MRSA §3402, sub-§1, ¶D, as amended by PL 2005, c. 488, §2, is further
amended to read:
D. A detention order entered pursuant to section 3203‑A, subsection 5 or any refusal
to alter a detention order upon petition of the juvenile pursuant to section 3203‑A,
subsection 11, for abuse of discretion, provided that the appeal must be handled
expeditiously.; and
Sec. 3. 15 MRSA §3402, sub-§1, ¶H is enacted to read:
H. An order binding a juvenile over for prosecution as an adult, which may be taken
following issuance of the bind-over order, or, at the election of the appellant, following
a judgment of conviction as an adult, but not both.
Sec. 4. 15 MRSA §3402, sub-§2-A, as enacted by PL 2015, c. 100, §3, is repealed.
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Statutes affected:
Bill Text LD 27, SP 35: 15.3402
Bill Text ACTPUB , Chapter 23: 15.3402