Sec. 4. 25 MRSA §2801-B, sub-§1, ¶J is enacted to read:

J.__A court security officer.

Sec. 5. 25 MRSA §2803-A, sub-§8-B is enacted to read:

8-B.__Training of court security officers.__To establish certification standards and a preservice and in-service training program for court security officers.__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; and

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

Court security officers 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. 6. 25 MRSA §2804-K is enacted to read:

§2804-K.__Law enforcement training for court security officers

As a condition to the continued employment of any person as a full-time court security officer, that person must successfully complete, within the first 12 months of employment, the training required under section 2803-A, subsection 8-B.__Thereafter, as a condition of continued employment as a full-time court security officer, the officer must satisfactorily maintain the court security officer certification by completing recertification requirements prescribed by the board.__The board, under extenuating and emergency circumstances in individual cases, may extend that period for not more than 90 days.