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Amend the bill by striking out everything after the enacting clause and before the summary and inserting the following:
‘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 in fact has a hypodermic apparatus in possession on the person's body and the person in fact 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 or detention of the person.
 
2.      A hypodermic apparatus or the contents of such apparatus is inadmissible as evidence in any prosecution for a violation of this chapter if the hypodermic apparatus was obtained as a result of the person's informing a law enforcement officer of the possession of the hypodermic apparatus as required by subsection 1.
 
3.     Failure to inform a law enforcement officer of a hypodermic apparatus is a Class D crime.’
 
SUMMARY
This amendment replaces the bill and, like the bill, it establishes the failure to inform a law enforcement officer of a hypodermic apparatus as a Class D crime. If a person discloses the possession of a hypodermic apparatus as required, the amendment makes the hypodermic apparatus and any contents of the apparatus inadmissible as evidence in a prosecution for a violation of the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 17-A, chapter 45.
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