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does not include federal law enforcement officers or attorneys
prosecuting for the State.

 
Sec. 5. 25 MRSA §2801-A, sub-§§6 to 8 are enacted to read:

 
6.__Part-time corrections officer.__"Part-time corrections
officer" means a person who is employed as a corrections officer
with a reasonable expectation of working no more than 1,040 hours
in any one calendar year for performing corrections officer
duties.

 
7.__Part-time law enforcement officer.__"Part-time law
enforcement officer" means a person who is employed as a law
enforcement officer with a reasonable expectation of working no
more than 1,040 hours in any one calendar year for performing law
enforcement officer duties.

 
8.__Transport officer.__"Transport officer" means a person
responsible for transferring or conveying from one place to
another individuals who are confined in a penal institution
pursuant to an order of a court or as a result of an arrest.__As
used in this subsection, "penal institution" has the same meaning
as in Title 15, section 1461, subsection 1.

 
Sec. 6. 25 MRSA §2801-B, sub-§1, as amended by PL 2003, c. 688, Pt. A,
§§25 and 26, is further amended to read:

 
1. Exemption. The training standards and requirements of
this chapter of section 2804-C do not apply to a person defined
by this chapter as a law enforcement officer who is:

 
A. An employee of the Department of Corrections with a duty
to perform probation functions or to perform intensive
supervision functions;

 
B. An agent or a representative of the Department of
Conservation, Bureau of Parks and Lands whose law
enforcement powers are limited to those specified in Title
12, section 1806;

 
C. An agent or a representative of the Department of
Conservation, Bureau of Forestry whose law enforcement
powers are limited to those specified by Title 12, section
8901, subsection 3;

 
E. A harbor master;

 
F. A municipal shellfish conservation warden;


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