APPROVED CHAPTER
JUNE 17, 2021 260
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. 109 - L.D. 801
An Act Regarding Sentencing Options for a Person Convicted of a Crime
Committed While Serving a Term of Imprisonment
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:
Sec. 1. 17-A MRSA §755, sub-§1-E, as amended by PL 2019, c. 113, Pt. C, §62,
is further amended by amending the first blocked paragraph to read:
A sentence imposed for a violation of this section is subject to the requirements of section
1609 1609-A.
Sec. 2. 17-A MRSA §1609, as enacted by PL 2019, c. 113, Pt. A, §2, is repealed.
Sec. 3. 17-A MRSA §1609-A is enacted to read:
§1609-A. Discretionary sentence
Notwithstanding section 1608, when an individual subject to an undischarged term of
imprisonment is convicted of a crime committed while in execution of any term of
imprisonment, is convicted of a crime committed during a stay of execution of any term of
imprisonment, is convicted of a crime committed after failure to report after a stay of
execution of any term of imprisonment or is convicted of failure to report as ordered after
a stay of execution of any term of imprisonment, the court may order that the sentence is
not concurrent with any undischarged term of imprisonment. If the court orders that the
sentence is not concurrent, the court may order that any undischarged term of imprisonment
be tolled and service of the nonconcurrent sentence commence immediately, and the court
shall so order if any undischarged term of imprisonment is a split sentence. No portion of
the nonconcurrent sentence may be suspended. Any nonconcurrent sentence that the
convicted individual receives as a result of an order entered pursuant to this section must
be nonconcurrent with all other sentences.
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Statutes affected:
Bill Text LD 801, SP 109: 17-A.1609
Bill Text ACTPUB , Chapter 260: 17-A.755, 17-A.1609