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LR 1662
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Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:

 
Sec. 1. 5 MRSA §1665, sub-§2-A is enacted to read:

 
2-A.__Department of Corrections estimate. Beginning in the
year 2000, in preparing budget estimates pursuant to this
section, the Department of Corrections shall include in its
proposed current services budget estimates for salaries and
expenses for the following:

 
A.__Sheriffs under Title 30-A, section 373;

 
B.__Full-time, part-time and special deputy sheriffs under
Title 30-A, section 386; and

 
C.__Jailers, masters or keepers and all subordinate
assistants and employees of county jails under Title 30-A,
section 1501.

 
Sec. 2. 14 MRSA §3135, last ¶, as amended by PL 1995, c. 694, Pt. D,
§20 and affected by Pt. E, §2, is further amended to read:

 
Unless the judgment debtor shows good cause for failure to
appear after being duly served with a disclosure subpoena under
section 3123, a contempt subpoena under section 3136 or an order
to appear and disclose under Title 19-A, section 2361, the debtor
must be ordered to pay the costs of issuing and serving the civil
order for arrest. The costs of issuing and serving the civil
order for arrest are $25 plus mileage at a rate of 22¢ per mile.
The fee payable to sheriffs and their deputies for civil orders
for arrest is governed by Title 30-A, section 421, subsection 6.

 
Sec. 3. 30-A MRSA §351, sub-§§2 and 3, as amended by PL 1997, c. 44, §1,
are further amended to read:

 
2. Full-time deputy. "Full-time deputy" means a deputy who
is compensated under section 386, subsection 1, 386-A and who is
employed in county law enforcement for at least 40 hours a week.

 
3. Part-time deputy. "Part-time deputy" means a deputy who
is compensated under section 386, subsection 2, 386-A and who
does not work more than the maximum amount allowed under that
subsection in any one calendar or fiscal year while performing
county law enforcement duties.

 
Sec. 4. 30-A MRSA §373, as amended by PL 1989, c. 104, Pt. C, §§8
and 10, is repealed.


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