An Act Concerning Prisoner Participation in Public Works Projects
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:
Sec. 1. 17-A MRSA �1304, sub-�4 is enacted to read:
4. If the court sentences a person to imprisonment for nonpayment of a fine, the court may authorize, at the time of sentencing only, participation of the person in a project under Title 30-A, section 1606 with the agreement of the sheriff of the county jail where the person is committed. The person's sentence must be prorated according to the provisions of Title 30-A, section 1606, subsection 2. The sentence runs consecutively with any other sentence.
Sec. 2. 30-A MRSA �1606, sub-�2, as amended by PL 1989, c. 629, �2, is further amended to read:
2. Sentence prorated. Inmates participating in a public works-related project or an improvement of property owned by a charitable organization under this section shall must have their sentences to the jail prorated at the rate of one day removed from the sentences for every 16 hours of participation in the project, except that inmates committed to the custody of the sheriff for nonpayment of fines under Title 17-A, section 1304 must have their sentences prorated at the rate of $5 removed from the fines for every one hour of participation in the project.
Unless otherwise indicated, effective June 26, 1997.
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