Maine Code § 14-5605

Community service work for a person who violates a municipal ordinance
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1. Community service work. The court may order a person adjudicated as having violated a
municipal ordinance to perform a specific number of hours of community service work for the benefit
of the State, a county, a municipality, a school administrative district or other public entity, a charitable
institution or other entity approved by the court if the municipality whose ordinance is violated has a
community service work program that provides oversight of the community service order and ensures
meaningful compliance with the community service requirements.
[PL 2013, c. 114, §1 (NEW).]
2. Failure to perform work. An adjudicated person who is ordered to perform community service
work pursuant to subsection 1 and who fails to complete the work within the time specified by the court
must be returned to the court for further disposition.

[PL 2013, c. 114, §1 (NEW).]
3. Supervision. Neither the judicial branch nor the Department of Corrections is responsible for
supervision of community service work pursuant to this section.
[PL 2013, c. 114, §1 (NEW).]

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