| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows: |
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| | Sec. 1. 30-A MRSA §373, as amended by PL 1989, c. 104, Pt. C, §§8 | and 10, is repealed and the following enacted in its place: |
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| §373.__Salaries; benefits |
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| | 1.__Annual salary.__The sheriff for each county receives an | annual salary of $30,000 or an amount mutually agreed to by the | sheriff and the county commissioners of that county. |
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| | 2.__Payments.__The sheriff receives an annual salary from the | county in weekly or biweekly payments on a date determined by the | county and in a sum that, in a year aggregate, will most nearly | equal the annual salary. |
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| | 3.__Additional sums.__In addition to the annual salary under | subsection 1, each sheriff receives the additional sums for which | the sheriff qualifies under the following provisions: |
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| A.__Five hundred dollars for each 30 credit hours of post- | secondary school education in the field of criminal justice, | business or public administration that the sheriff | successfully completes; |
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| B.__One hundred dollars for each 10,000 persons constituting | the population of the county according to the latest Federal | Decennial Census; |
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| C.__One hundred dollars for each full calendar year of full- | time law enforcement or corrections experience completed | subsequent to the completion of the basic municipal or | county law enforcement training or the basic corrections | school and prior to assuming the office of sheriff; |
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| D.__One thousand dollars for each consecutive full calendar | year of prior service as sheriff; and |
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| E.__One thousand dollars for each jail in that county with a | rated capacity of 25 or fewer inmates; one thousand five | hundred dollars for each jail in that county with a rated | capacity of 25 to 50 inmates; and two thousand dollars for | each jail in that county with a rated capacity of more than | 50 inmates.__The Department of Corrections determines a | jail's inmate capacity. |
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| | 4.__Benefits.__A sheriff may not receive fewer benefits than | any other county employee receives, unless otherwise mutually | agreed to by the sheriff and the county commissioners of that | county. |
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