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An Act to Designate the Warden of the Maine State Prison as Chief Administrative Officer of the Bolduc Correctional Facility

An Act to Designate the Warden of the Maine State Prison as Chief Administrative Officer of the Bolduc Correctional Facility

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Enacted

This bill passed the Legislature and reached final enactment based on the latest official action.

Sponsor
Senator Anne Beebe-Center
Last action
2025-03-21
Official status
Signed by the Governor
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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An Act to Designate the Warden of the Maine State Prison as Chief Administrative Officer of the Bolduc Correctional Facility

An Act to Designate the Warden of the Maine State Prison as Chief Administrative Officer of the Bolduc Correctional Facility Sponsor: Senator Anne Beebe-Center Reference committee: Criminal Justice and Public Safety Governor action: Signed by the Governor

What This Bill Does

  • An Act to Designate the Warden of the Maine State Prison as Chief Administrative Officer of the Bolduc Correctional Facility Sponsor: Senator Anne Beebe-Center Reference committee: Criminal Justice and Public Safety Governor action: Signed by the Governor

Limits and Unknowns

  • This entry is temporarily using official source text because the generated explanation could not be confirmed against the official bill text during the last sync.

Bill History

  1. 2025-03-21 Governor

    Signed by the Governor

  2. 2025-03-18 Senate

    PASSED TO BE ENACTED , in concurrence.

  3. 2025-03-11 House

    PASSED TO BE ENACTED . Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.

  4. 2025-02-14 Committee

    Reported Out; OTP

  5. 2025-02-05 Committee

    Work Session Held

  6. 2025-02-05 Committee

    Voted; OTP

  7. 2025-01-06 Committee

    Referred to Committee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety.

Official Summary Text

An Act to Designate the Warden of the Maine State Prison as Chief Administrative Officer of the Bolduc Correctional Facility
Sponsor:
Senator Anne Beebe-Center
Reference committee:
Criminal Justice and Public Safety
Governor action:
Signed by the Governor

Current Bill Text

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Page 1 - 132LR0181(03)
STATE OF MAINE
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IN THE YEAR OF OUR LORD
TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-FIVE
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S.P. 28 - L.D. 17
An Act to Designate the Warden of the Maine State Prison as Chief
Administrative Officer of the Bolduc Correctional Facility
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:
Sec. 1. 34-A MRSA §3231, sub-§3, ¶A, as repealed and replaced by PL 1999, c.
583, §18, is amended to read:
A. The warden may appoint deputy wardens, subject to the Civil Service Law. A
deputy warden designated by the warden has the powers, duties, obligations and
liabilities of the warden when the warden is absent from the prison location or is unable
to perform the duties of the office.
Sec. 2. 34-A MRSA §4203, as enacted by PL 2013, c. 508, §7, is amended to read:
§4203. Director Warden
1. Chief administrative officer. The chief administrative officer of the facility is
called the director and the warden of the Maine State Prison, referred to in this subchapter
as "the warden." The warden is responsible to the commissioner.
2. Duties. In addition to other duties set out in this Title, the director warden has the
following duties.
A. The director warden shall exercise proper supervision over the employees, grounds,
buildings and equipment at the facility.
B. The director warden shall supervise and control the prisoners at the facility in
accordance with departmental rules.
3. Powers. In addition to other powers granted in this Title, the director may appoint
one assistant director, subject to the Civil Service Law; the assistant director has the
powers, duties, obligations and liabilities of the director when the director is absent or
unable to perform the director's duties.
Sec. 3. 34-A MRSA §4204, sub-§2, as enacted by PL 2013, c. 508, §7, is amended
to read:
APPROVED
MARCH 21, 2025
BY GOVERNOR
CHAPTER
4
PUBLIC LAW
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2. Education. The director warden shall maintain suitable courses for academic and
career and technical education of the prisoners. The director warden shall maintain
necessary equipment and employ suitable qualified instructors as necessary to carry out the
objectives of the facility's programs.
Sec. 4. 34-A MRSA §4205, as enacted by PL 2015, c. 48, §2, is amended to read:
§4205. Employees of the facility
Employees of the facility have the same power as do deputy sheriffs in their respective
counties to search for and apprehend escapees from the facility when authorized to do so
by the director warden.