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Amend the bill by inserting after section 1 the following:
‘Sec. 1. 17-A MRSA §1105-A, sub-§1, ¶¶K and L, as enacted by PL 2003, c. 476, §2, are amended to read:
 
K. Death of another person is in fact caused by the use of that scheduled drugone or more scheduled drugs, the scheduled drug trafficked by the defendant is a contributing factor to the death of the other person and the drug is a schedule W drug. A violation of this paragraph is a Class A crime; or
 
L. Serious bodily injury of another person is in fact caused by the use of that scheduled drugone or more scheduled drugs, the scheduled drug trafficked by the defendant is a contributing factor to the serious bodily injury of the other person and the drug is a schedule W drug. A violation of this paragraph is a Class B crime.’
Amend the bill by adding after section 4 the following:
‘Sec. 5. Appropriations and allocations. The following appropriations and allocations are made.
 
INDIGENT LEGAL SERVICES, MAINE COMMISSION ON
 
Maine Commission on Indigent Legal Services Z112
 
Initiative: Provides funds for an anticipated increase in indigent legal services costs resulting from additional prosecutions involving death or serious bodily injury to a person.

GENERAL FUND	2017-18	2018-19	
All Other	$8,250	$11,000	
			
GENERAL FUND TOTAL	$8,250	$11,000	
 
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Amend the bill by relettering or renumbering any nonconsecutive Part letter or section number to read consecutively.
 
SUMMARY
This amendment adds to the bill new variants of aggravated trafficking of scheduled drugs that includes trafficking in scheduled drugs when the trafficked scheduled drug was a contributing factor in the death of another person, a Class A crime, or serious bodily injury of another person, a Class B crime.
The amendment also adds an appropriations and allocations section.
FISCAL NOTE REQUIRED
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