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ME LD626
Bill
Status
6/3/2025
Primary Sponsor
Robert Nutting
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AI Summary
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Adds "remote work" as an explicitly authorized rehabilitative program for correctional facility residents, alongside existing work release, education release, furlough, and public service release programs
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Allows residents deemed "worthy of trust" to perform remote work activities within the facility, in addition to participating in activities outside the facility
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Extends room and board liability to residents performing remote work, not just those in traditional work release programs
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Caps both transportation costs and room and board charges at 10% of a resident's work release or remote work earnings
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Directs all funds collected from residents for transportation and room and board to be deposited into the General Fund
Legislative Description
An Act to Explicitly Allow the Department of Corrections to Charge Room and Board to Residents Who Perform Remote Work in Detention and Correctional Facilities and to Amend the Laws Governing Rehabilitative Programs
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Last Action
PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence.
6/3/2025