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An Act To Require A Person To Notify Law Enforcement Officers of the Possession of a Hypodermic Needle
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:
Sec. 1.  17-A MRSA §1111-B  is enacted to read:
§ 1111-B. Failure to inform law enforcement officer of hypodermic apparatus
 
1.      A person is guilty of failure to inform a law enforcement officer of a hypodermic apparatus if the person has a hypodermic apparatus in possession on the person's body and the person fails to inform a law enforcement officer that the person is in possession of a hypodermic apparatus on the person's body during the course of any arrest, detainment or routine traffic stop of the person.
 
2.      Failure to inform a law enforcement officer of a hypodermic apparatus is a Class D crime.
 
SUMMARY
This bill makes it a Class D crime for a person to fail to inform a law enforcement officer of the person's possession of a hypodermic apparatus on the person's body during the course of any arrest, detainment or routine traffic stop of the person.