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Amend the bill by striking out the title and substituting the following:
‘An Act To Amend Mandatory Law Enforcement Agency Policies Regarding Recording Suspects To Include Cases of Murder and Class A, Class B and Class C Crimes’
Amend the bill by striking out everything after the enacting clause and inserting the following:
‘Sec. 1. 25 MRSA §2803-B, sub-§1, ¶K, as amended by PL 2013, c. 147, §18, is further amended to read:
 
K. Digital, electronic, audio, video or other recording of law enforcement interviews of suspects in serious crimesmurder, Class A, Class B and Class C crimes and the preservation of investigative notes and records in such cases;’
Amend the bill by relettering or renumbering any nonconsecutive Part letter or section number to read consecutively.
 
SUMMARY
This amendment strikes and replaces the title and the bill. The amendment amends the mandatory policies for law enforcement agencies, which are set by the Board of Trustees of the Maine Criminal Justice Academy, regarding digital, electronic, audio, video or other recording of law enforcement interviews of suspects to specifically include all suspects of murder and Class A, Class B and Class C crimes, instead of suspects in "serious crimes."
FISCAL NOTE REQUIRED
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