Sec. 1. 4 MRSA §807, sub-§3, ¶K, as amended by PL 1997, c. 683, Pt. E, §3, is further amended to read:

K. A person who is not an attorney, but who is representing the Department of Human Services in accordance with Title 19-A, section 1615; Title 19-A, section 2009, subsection 8; Title 19-A, section 2201, subsection 1-B; and Title 19-A, section 2202, subsection 1-B; or

Sec. 2. 4 MRSA §807, sub-§3, ¶L, as enacted by PL 1997, c. 683, Pt. E, §4, is amended to read:

L. A person who is not an attorney, but who is representing the Department of Agriculture, Food and Rural Resources in accordance with Title 7, section 3909, subsection 2.; or

Sec. 3. 4 MRSA §807, sub-§3, ¶M is enacted to read:

M.__A law enforcement officer, as defined in Title 29-A, section 101, subsection 30, who is not an attorney but who is representing the State in the prosecution of a traffic infraction, as defined in Title 29-A, section 101, subsection 85, when that representation has been approved by the prosecuting attorney and the District Court Judge presiding at trial.

SUMMARY

This bill allows police officers to prosecute their own traffic infraction cases in District Court without it being considered an unauthorized practice of law.