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Amend the bill by striking out all of sections 2 to 5 and inserting the following:
‘Sec. 2. 34-A MRSA §3036-A, sub-§2, ¶C, as amended by PL 2019, c. 113, Pt. C, §92, is further amended to read:
 
C. Except as provided in paragraph C-1, aA prisoner may not be transferred to supervised community confinement unless the prisoner has no more than 1824 months remaining on the term of imprisonment or, in the case of a split sentence, on the unsuspended portion, after consideration of any deductions that the prisoner has received and retained under Title 17-A, section 2302, subsection 1; section 2305; section 2307; section 2308; section 2309; section 2310; or section 2311.
Sec. 3. 34-A MRSA §3036-A, sub-§2, ¶C-1, as amended by PL 2019, c. 113, Pt. C, §93, is repealed.
Sec. 4. 34-A MRSA §3061, sub-§1, as amended by PL 2019, c. 113, Pt. C, §98, is further amended to read:
 
1. Transfer.   The commissioner may transfer any client from one correctional or detention facility or program, including prerelease centers, work release centers, halfway houses, sober houses, transitional housing, reentry programs, supervised community confinement or specialized treatment facilities, to another. A juvenile may not be transferred to another facility or program for adult offenders and an adult offender may not be transferred to another facility or program for juveniles, except that an adult offender may be housed in the Long Creek Youth Development Center or the Mountain View Correctional Facility pursuant to section 4117 or Title 17-A, section 1611.’
Amend the bill by relettering or renumbering any nonconsecutive Part letter or section number to read consecutively.
 
SUMMARY
This amendment is the majority report of the committee. The amendment removes from the bill the provision that changes the law regarding service of a portion of the term of imprisonment as a requirement for supervised community confinements and shortens the remaining period of imprisonment to 24 months.