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LR 1546
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Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:

 
Sec. 1. 19-A MRSA §4006, sub-§5, ¶¶E and F, as enacted by PL 1995, c.
694, Pt. B, §2 and affected by Pt. E, §2, are amended to read:

 
E. Taking, converting or damaging property in which the
plaintiff may have a legal interest; or

 
F. Having any direct or indirect contact with the
plaintiff.; or

 
Sec. 2. 19-A MRSA §4006, sub-§5, ¶G is enacted to read:

 
G.__Possessing a firearm or other dangerous weapon for the
duration of the order.

 
Sec. 3. 19-A MRSA §4007-A is enacted to read:

 
§4007-A.__Concealed firearms permit prohibited

 
A person who is the subject of a protective order granted
under section 4007 or who is the subject of any similar order may
not apply for a concealed firearms permit for at least 2 years
after that person is no longer the subject of the protective
order.__If a concealed firearms permit holder becomes the subject
of a protective order, that person's permit must be revoked.__
That person may not reapply for a permit for at least 2 years
after the person is no longer the subject of the protective
order.__For purposes of this section, a "similar order" means an
order issued by any court of the United States or of any other
state, territory, commonwealth or tribe that restrains the person
from harassing, stalking or threatening an intimate partner or a
child of an intimate partner or from engaging in other conduct
that would place the intimate partner or the intimate partner's
child in reasonable fear of bodily injury, except that this
section applies only when the court order was issued after a
hearing for which that person received actual notice and at which
that person had the opportunity to participate.__For purposes of
this section, "intimate partner" has the same meaning as defined
in 18 United States Code, Section 921(a)(32).

 
Sec. 4. 25 MRSA §2003, sub-§1, ¶C-1 is enacted to read:

 
C-1.__Is not the subject of a protective order under Title
19-A, section 4007 or of any similar order issued by any
court of the United States or of any other state, territory,
commonwealth or tribe that restrains the person from
harassing, stalking or threatening an intimate partner or a
child of an intimate partner or from engaging in other


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