Sec. 1. 17-A MRSA §15, sub-§3 is enacted to read:

3.__For purposes of subsection 1, a law enforcement officer has no authority beyond the limits of the municipality or county in which the officer is appointed unless the officer has met the requirements of Title 25, section 2804-C.

Sec. 2. 30-A MRSA §290, sub-§2, as enacted by PL 2001, c. 686, Pt. C, §1, is amended to read:

2. Powers. An investigator has the statutory powers of a deputy sheriff in the county in which the investigator is appointed. An investigator's powers may include those under sections section 404 and 405.

Sec. 3. 30-A MRSA §405, as enacted by PL 1993, c. 594, §1, is repealed.

Sec. 4. 30-A MRSA §406 is enacted to read:

§406.__Arrest outside jurisdictional limits; liability

When a county sheriff or deputy sheriff makes an arrest outside of jurisdictional limits of the county in which the sheriff or deputy sheriff is appointed, that sheriff or deputy sheriff has the same immunity from tort liability and all of the pension, relief, disability, workers' compensation, insurance and any other benefits the sheriff or deputy sheriff enjoys while performing duties within the sheriff's or the deputy sheriff's appointing county.

Sec. 5. 30-A MRSA §2671, sub-§2, as amended by PL 1989, c. 104, Pt. A, §23 and Pt. D, §6, is further amended to read:

2. Powers. Police officers may serve criminal and traffic infraction processes and arrest and prosecute offenders of the law. A police officer has all the statutory powers of a constable, unless limited by charter or ordinance. No A police officer has any no authority in criminal or traffic infraction matters beyond the limits of the municipality in which the officer is appointed, except as provided in Title 17-A, section 15, and except to:

A. Recapture a prisoner whom the officer has arrested and who has escaped;

B. Take a person before the District Court;