Sec. 1. 30-A MRSA §51, sub-§2, amended by PL 1989, c. 104, Pt. C, §§8 and 10, is further amended to read:

2. Salaries; full compensation. These salaries are in full compensation for all services of the commissioners, including the management of the jails and for any expenses or travel to and from the county seat for any commissioner, except as provided in subsection 3, section 82, subsection 4 and section 105.

Sec. 2. 30-A MRSA §82, sub-§4, as amended by PL 1995, c. 380, §1, is repealed.

Sec. 3. 30-A MRSA §381, sub-§3, as amended by PL 1989, c. 104, Pt. C, §§8 and 10, is further amended to read:

3. Tenure of office. Deputies shall must be originally appointed for a probationary period of not more than 6 months consistent with the provisions of section 2701 governing municipal employment and thereafter may be appointed or reappointed for a term of 3 years.

A. The failure of a sheriff to reappoint a deputy, except for appointment at the end of the probationary period, is subject to the procedures and standards for dismissal of an applicable collective bargaining agreement.

Sec. 4. 30-A MRSA §501, sub-§3, as amended by PL 1989, c. 104, Pt. C, §§8 and 10, is further amended to read:

3. Dismissal, suspension, discipline. A Following a reasonable probationary period consistent with the provisions of section 2701, a county officer or department head may dismiss, suspend or otherwise discipline a department employee only for cause, except as provided in paragraph A. Cause for dismissal, suspension or disciplinary action must be a just, reasonable, appropriate and substantial reason for the action taken that relates to or affects the ability, performance of duties, authority or actions of the employee or the public's rights or interests.

A. An employee may be dismissed by a county officer or department head only for cause and only with the prior approval of the county commissioners or personnel board, except that county employees may be laid off or dismissed, with the approval of the county commissioners or personnel board, to meet the requirements of budget reductions or governmental reorganization.