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Amend the bill in section 2 in paragraph M in the first line (page 1, line 18 in L.D.) by striking out the following: "consented" and inserting the following: 'expressly or impliedly acquiesced'
Amend the bill by striking out all of sections 4 and 5 and inserting the following:
‘Sec. 4. Appropriations and allocations. The following appropriations and allocations are made.
 
INDIGENT LEGAL SERVICES, MAINE COMMISSION ON
 
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Initiative: Provides funds to support an anticipated increase in the use of assigned counsel.

GENERAL FUND	2017-18	2018-19	
All Other	$15,000	$20,000	
			
GENERAL FUND TOTAL	$15,000	$20,000	
 
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SUMMARY
This amendment is the majority report of the committee. This amendment specifies that the Class C crime of gross sexual assault created in the bill applies when the other person has not expressly or impliedly acquiesced to the sexual act. The amendment strikes from the bill amendments to the laws on unlawful sexual contact and unlawful sexual touching and provides funding to the Maine Commission on Indigent Legal Services for an anticipated increase in the use of assigned counsel.
FISCAL NOTE REQUIRED
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