2-A. State judicial marshal or state judicial deputy marshal. "Court security officer" "State judicial marshal" or "state judicial deputy marshal" means a law enforcement officer employed by the Judicial Branch to provide security and protection to the Judicial Branch and the courts located within the State.

Sec. XXX-3. 25 MRSA §2801-B, sub-§1, ¶J, as corrected by RR 2005, c. 1, §8, is amended to read:

J. A court security officer state judicial marshal or state judicial deputy marshal;

Sec. XXX-4. 25 MRSA §2803-A, sub-§8-B, as enacted by PL 2003, c. 400, §5, is amended to read:

8-B. Training of state judicial marshals or state judicial deputy marshals. To establish certification standards and a preservice and in-service training program for court security officers state judicial marshals and state judicial deputy marshals. This program must include:

A. Preservice law enforcement training under section 2804- B;

B. An additional 40-hour basic court security training program developed and approved by the board that is specific to the duties of a court security officer state judicial marshal or state judicial deputy marshal; and

C. In-service law enforcement training that is specifically approved by the board as prescribed in section 2804-E.

Court security officers State judicial marshals and state judicial deputy marshals are exempt from section 2804-C, but completion of basic training under section 2804-C exempts a person from the preservice training requirement under paragraph A;

Sec. XXX-5. 25 MRSA §2804-K, as enacted by PL 2003, c. 400, §6, is amended to read:

§2804-K. Law enforcement training for state judicial marshals

and state judicial deputy marshals

As a condition to the continued employment of any person as a full-time court security officer state judicial marshal or state judicial deputy marshal, that person must successfully complete, within the first 12 months of employment, the training