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130th MAINE LEGISLATURE
                    FIRST SPECIAL SESSION-2021
Legislative Document                                                               No. 1422
S.P. 472                                                           In Senate, April 12, 2021
           An Act To Strengthen Laws Protecting Members of Law
           Enforcement and Promote In-classroom Drug Use Avoidance
           Education
   Received by the Secretary of the Senate on April 8, 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 STEWART of Aroostook.
Cosponsored by Senator: CYRWAY of Kennebec, Representatives: NEWMAN of Belgrade,
PICKETT of Dixfield.
                                       Printed on recycled paper
 1   Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:
 2       Sec. 1. 17-A MRSA §1501, sub-§8, ¶B, as enacted by PL 2019, c. 113, Pt. A, §2,
 3   is amended to read:
 4       B. The selection by the person of the victim or of the property that was damaged or
 5       otherwise affected by the crime because of the race, color, religion, sex, ancestry,
 6       national origin, physical or mental disability, sexual orientation or homelessness of the
 7       victim or of the owner or occupant of that property or because of that person's status as
 8       a law enforcement officer or such status of the owner or occupant of that property; and
 9       Sec. 2. Appropriations and allocations. The following appropriations and
10   allocations are made.
11   EDUCATION, DEPARTMENT OF
12   Drug Use Avoidance Education Reimbursement Fund N188
13   Initiative: Provides ongoing funds to reimburse school districts for the cost of providing
14   programs that educate students to avoid using drugs.
15   GENERAL FUND                                                      2021-22           2022-23
16    All Other                                                     $1,000,000        $1,000,000
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18   GENERAL FUND TOTAL                                             $1,000,000        $1,000,000
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15                                         SUMMARY
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16       This bill extends the application of the hate crime sentencing laws to a defendant who
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17   selects the person against whom a crime is committed because of that person's status as a
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18   law enforcement officer or who selects property to damage because of such status of the
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19   owner or occupant of that property. It also provides $1,000,000 in annual funding for the
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20   Department of Education for programs that educate students to avoid using drugs.
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Statutes affected: 
Bill Text LD 1422, SP 472: 17-A.1501