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PUBLIC LAWS OF MAINE
First Regular Session of the 121st

CHAPTER 400
S.P. 110 - L.D. 328

An Act to Increase Courthouse Security

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:

     Sec. 1. 4 MRSA §17, sub-§15, as amended by PL 1993, c. 675, Pt. C, §7, is repealed and the following enacted in its place:

     15. Provide for court security. Plan and implement arrangements for safe and secure court premises to ensure the orderly conduct of judicial proceedings.

     Sec. 2. 25 MRSA §2801-A, sub-§2-A is enacted to read:

     2-A. Court security officer. "Court security officer" means a law enforcement officer employed by the Judicial Branch to provide security and protection to the Judicial Branch and the courts located within the State.

     Sec. 3. 25 MRSA §2801-B, sub-§1, ¶¶H and I, as repealed and replaced by PL 2001, c. 710, §11 and affected by §12, are amended to read:

     Sec. 4. 25 MRSA §2801-B, sub-§1, ¶J is enacted to read:

     Sec. 5. 25 MRSA §2803-A, sub-§8-B is enacted to read:

     8-B. Training of court security officers. To establish certification standards and a preservice and in-service training program for court security officers. This program must include:

Court security officers are exempt from section 2804-C, but completion of basic training under section 2804-C exempts a person from the preservice training requirement under paragraph A;

     Sec. 6. 25 MRSA §2804-K is enacted to read:

§2804-K.   Law enforcement training for court security officers

     As a condition to the continued employment of any person as a full-time court security officer, that person must successfully complete, within the first 12 months of employment, the training required under section 2803-A, subsection 8-B. Thereafter, as a condition of continued employment as a full-time court security officer, the officer must satisfactorily maintain the court security officer certification by completing recertification requirements prescribed by the board. The board, under extenuating and emergency circumstances in individual cases, may extend that period for not more than 90 days.

Effective September 13, 2003, unless otherwise indicated.

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