| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows: |
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| | Sec. 1. 25 MRSA §2804-B, sub-§1, as amended by PL 1997, c. 395, Pt. O, | §3, is further amended to read: |
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| | 1. Required. A person may not serve as a law enforcement | officer with the power to make arrests or the authority to carry | a firearm in the course of duty until certified by the board as | satisfying all preservice training requirements, unless that | person is serving only as a harbor master or municipal shellfish | conservation warden and complies with the recertification | requirements of section 2804-C. |
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| | This bill exempts harbor masters and municipal shellfish | conservation wardens from the full course of study at the Maine | Criminal Justice Academy. It does not exempt them from ongoing | training requirements. |
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