An Act To Allow the Part-time Assignment of State Police Officers to Municipalities
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:
Sec. 1. 25 MRSA §1502, 5th ¶, as enacted by PL 1999, c. 119, §1, is amended to read:
The Chief of the State Police may assign a one or more state police officer officers to provide full-time or part-time police services to a municipality, or to no more than 3 adjoining municipalities, lacking an organized police department, provided if the municipality or municipalities pay the costs of training, compensation, including wages and fringe benefits, equipment and other expenses of the assigned state police officer or officers. The Chief of the State Police shall continue to exercise supervision and direction over a state police officer whose regular assignment is providing who is assigned to provide police services to a municipality or municipalities. The Chief of the State Police and the municipality or municipalities are authorized to enter into agreements and contracts for police services for a period not exceeding 3 years per agreement or contract. Revenues received from a municipality must be allocated for the purpose of funding the cost of providing the police services.
Sec. 2. 30-A MRSA §3009, sub-§4, as enacted by PL 2003, c. 80, §1, is repealed.
Sec. 3. 30-A MRSA §3009-A is enacted to read:
§3009-A. Enforcement of municipal ordinances
A municipality lacking an organized police department may contract with the State Police, pursuant to Title 25, section 1502, or a sheriff's department for law enforcement services, including, but not limited to, enforcement of ordinances enacted by the municipality. State police officers and deputy sheriffs are authorized to enforce municipal ordinances as agreed to in the contract.
Effective September 17, 2005.
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