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Sec. 30. 25 MRSA §2808, sub-§1, śC, as amended by PL 1991, c. 581, is
repealed and the following enacted in its place:

 
C.__"Training costs" means a fixed dollar amount determined
by the board.__In making the determination, the board shall
include the following costs:

 
(1)__The full cost of the salary, including fringe
benefits, paid to the officer while in training;

 
(2)__The full cost of the tuition charged by the Maine
Criminal Justice Academy;

 
(3)__The full cost of uniforms for training and
graduation provided to the officer in training; and

 
(4)__The full cost of the salary, inclusive of
overtime, paid to officers to provide police protection
that would otherwise have been lost during the absence
of the officer in training.

 
The board shall review the determination of training costs
annually, make any necessary adjustments and provide that
determination to all law enforcement agencies in the State.

 
Sec. 31. 25 MRSA §2808, sub-§2, as amended by PL 1989, c. 521, §12, is
repealed.

 
Sec. 32. 25 MRSA §2808, sub-§3, as enacted by PL 1989, c. 521, §13, is
amended to read:

 
3. Reimbursement for training costs. Whenever a full-time
law enforcement officer, trained at the Maine Criminal Justice
Academy on or after September 1, 1989, while on the payroll at
the expense of a particular governmental entity, is subsequently
hired by another governmental entity as a full-time law
enforcement officer within 5 years of graduation from the
academy, the governmental entity shall reimburse the first
governmental entity according to the following formula.

 
A. If the officer is hired by the other governmental entity
during the first year after graduation, that governmental
entity shall reimburse the first governmental entity the
full cost of the training costs.

 
B. If the officer is hired by the other governmental entity
during the 2nd year after graduation, that governmental
entity shall reimburse the first governmental entity 80% of
the training costs.


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