Sec. 1. 25 MRSA §2801, first ¶, as amended by PL 1997, c. 577, §1, is further amended to read:

There is created within the Department of Public Safety a law enforcement and criminal justice training facility to be known as the "Maine Criminal Justice Academy," as authorized by Title 5, section 12004-C, subsection 5, which shall be is established in the State.

Sec. 2. 25 MRSA §2801-A, sub-§2, ¶B, as enacted by PL 1989, c. 521, §§2 and 17, is amended to read:

B. For county, municipal and other agencies subject to this chapter, a person who is defined as a corrections officer as defined by the Maine Criminal Justice Academy responsible for the custody, care or treatment of persons confined in a penal institution pursuant to an order of a court or as a result of an arrest. As used in this paragraph, "penal institution" has the same meaning as in Title 15, section 1461, subsection 1.

Sec. 3. 25 MRSA §2801-A, sub-§§3 and 4, as amended by PL 2003, c. 19, §1, are further amended to read:

3. Full-time corrections officer. "Full-time corrections officer" means a person who is employed as a corrections officer with a reasonable expectation of working at least more than 1,040 hours in any one calendar or fiscal year for performing corrections officer duties.

4. Full-time law enforcement officer. "Full-time law enforcement officer" means a person who is employed as a law enforcement officer with a reasonable expectation of working at least more than 1,040 hours in any one calendar or fiscal year for performing law enforcement officer duties.

Sec. 4. 25 MRSA §2801-A, sub-§5, as enacted by PL 1989, c. 521, §§2 and 17, is amended to read:

5. Law enforcement officer. "Law enforcement officer" means any person who by virtue of public employment is vested by law with a duty to maintain public order, to prosecute offenders, the power to make arrests for crimes or serve criminal process, whether that duty power extends to all crimes or is limited to specific crimes, to perform probation functions or to perform intensive supervision functions and the authority to carry a firearm in the course of duty. As used in this chapter, the term