| | 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. |
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| | 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. |
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| | Sec. 4. 25 MRSA §2801-A, sub-§5, as enacted by PL 1989, c. 521, §§2 | and 17, is amended to read: |
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| | 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. As used in this chapter, the | term does not include federal law enforcement officers or | attorneys prosecuting for the State. |
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| | Sec. 5. 25 MRSA §2801-A, sub-§§6 to 8 are enacted to read: |
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| | 6.__Part-time corrections officer.__"Part-time corrections | officer" means a person who is employed as a corrections officer | with a reasonable expectation of working no more than 1,040 hours | in any one calendar year for performing corrections officer | duties. |
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| | 7.__Part-time law enforcement officer.__"Part-time law | enforcement officer" means a person who is employed as a law | enforcement officer with a reasonable expectation of working no | more than 1,040 hours in any one calendar year for performing law | enforcement officer duties. |
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| | 8.__Transport officer.__"Transport officer" means a person | responsible for transferring or conveying from one place to | another individuals who are confined in a penal institution | pursuant to an order of a court or as a result of an arrest.__As | used in this subsection, "penal institution" has the same meaning | as in Title 15, section 1461, subsection 1. |
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| | Sec. 6. 25 MRSA §2801-B, sub-§1, as amended by PL 2003, c. 688, Pt. A, | §§25 and 26, is further amended to read: |
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