CHAPTER 331

H.P. 945 - L.D. 1362

An Act Regarding the Maine Criminal Justice Academy

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:

Sec. 1. 25 MRSA §2801, first ¶, as amended by PL 1997, c. 577, §1, is further amended to read:

There is created within the Department of Public Safety a law enforcement and criminal justice training facility to be known as the "Maine Criminal Justice Academy," as authorized by Title 5, section 12004-C, subsection 5, which shall be is established in the State.

Sec. 2. 25 MRSA §2801-A, sub-§2, ¶B, as enacted by PL 1989, c. 521, §§2 and 17, is amended to read:

B. For county, municipal and other agencies subject to this chapter, a person who is defined as a corrections officer as defined by the Maine Criminal Justice Academy responsible for the custody of persons confined in a penal institution pursuant to an order of a court or as a result of an arrest. As used in this paragraph, "penal institution" has the same meaning as in Title 15, section 1461, subsection 1.

Sec. 3. 25 MRSA §2801-A, sub-§§3 and 4, as amended by PL 2003, c. 19, §1, are further amended to read: