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An Act Regarding Community Service Sentencing
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:
Sec. 1.  17-A MRSA §1345, sub-§4  is enacted to read:
 
4.    With the consent of the municipality in which the offense is committed, the court may sentence an offender described in subsection 1 to perform basic duties for the municipality including litter collection and custodial duties under the supervision of the municipality.
 
SUMMARY
This bill allows a court to sentence an offender to community service such as litter collection and custodial duties for and under the supervision of the municipality in which the offense was committed.