An Act To Provide County Commissioners with an Enforcement Mechanism with Regard to Parking Ordinances
Sec. 1. 30-A MRSA §121, sub-§4, as amended by PL 1991, c. 733, §10, is further amended to read:
The county commissioners may authorize a sheriff’s deputy, certified by the Maine Criminal Justice Academy under Title 25, section 2803-A, subsection 8, to represent the county in District Court in the prosecution of alleged violations of unpaid penalties pursuant to an ordinance enacted under this subsection. The county commissioners may delegate to the county's sheriff their power under this subsection to authorize sheriff’s deputies to represent the county.
County public parking areas are subject to any applicable requirements of the Maine Human Rights Act, Title 5, chapter 337, subchapter V 5.
SUMMARY
This bill provides the same enforcement authority for sheriff's deputies as presently exists for municipal law enforcement officers under the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 30-A, section 2671, subsection 3, thereby providing the county commissioners with an enforcement mechanism with regard to the parking ordinances they are allowed to enact under Title 30-A, section 121.