Sec. 4. 30-A MRSA §2671, sub-§2-A, as enacted by PL 1993, c. 594, §2, is amended to read:

2-A. Optional powers. Notwithstanding subsection 2, municipal officers may authorize a municipality's police officers who have met the requirements of Title 25, section 2804-C to perform any of the following acts described in Title 17-A, section 15 while the police officers are outside the jurisdiction in which they are appointed if, when possible, the law enforcement agency of a foreign municipality in which the arrest is to be made is notified in advance or, when not possible, the law enforcement agency of the foreign municipality in which the arrest has been made is notified immediately after the arrest.:

A. Arrest without a warrant a person who has committed in the officer's presence or is committing in the officer's presence a Class A, B or C crime defined in Title 17-A, chapters 9, 11, 13, 17, 27 or 33 while the officer is on or off duty; or

B. Arrest without a warrant a person for a crime committed in the municipality in which the officer is appointed:

(1) If that municipality authorizes the officers it appoints to make arrests under this paragraph;

(2) If the arrest is made as part of an ongoing criminal investigation made by an officer while on duty and assigned to the investigation;

(3) If the law enforcement agency of a foreign municipality in which the arrest is to be made is notified in advance; and

(4) If the arrest is authorized by Title 17-A, section 15, subsection 1, paragraph A.

As used in this subsection the phrase "committed in the officer's presence or is committing in the officer's presence" has the same meaning as provided in Title 17-A, section 15, subsection 2.

Sec. 5. P&SL 1865, c. 532, §8-A, first ¶, as repealed and replaced by PL 1991, c. 548, Pt. A, §36, is amended to read: