1. Community service work. The court may order a person adjudicated as having violated a municipal ordinance to perform a specific number of hours of community service work for the benefit of the State, a county, a municipality, a school administrative district or other public entity, a charitable institution or other entity approved by the court if the municipality whose ordinance is violated has a community service work program that provides oversight of the community service order and ensures meaningful compliance with the community service requirements.

[PL 2013, c. 114, §1 (NEW).]

Terms Used In Maine Revised Statutes Title 14 Sec. 5605

  • Municipality: includes cities, towns and plantations, except that "municipality" does not include plantations in Title 10, chapter 110, subchapter IV; or Title 30?A, Part 2. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 1 Sec. 72
  • Oversight: Committee review of the activities of a Federal agency or program.
2. Failure to perform work. An adjudicated person who is ordered to perform community service work pursuant to subsection 1 and who fails to complete the work within the time specified by the court must be returned to the court for further disposition.

[PL 2013, c. 114, §1 (NEW).]

3. Supervision. Neither the judicial branch nor the Department of Corrections is responsible for supervision of community service work pursuant to this section.

[PL 2013, c. 114, §1 (NEW).]

SECTION HISTORY

PL 2013, c. 114, §1 (NEW).