An Act To Enhance the Powers of Law Enforcement Officers Authorized To Make Out-of-county or Out-of-municipality Arrests Further amend the bill by striking out everything after the enacting clause and before the summary and inserting in its place the following: · Sec. 1. 30-A MRSA §405, sub-§I, as enacted by PL 1993, c. 594, §1, is repealed. Sec. 2. 30-A MRSA §405, sub-§l-A is enacted to read: I-A. ORtionaI powers. The county commissioners may authorize a county's sheriff and certified full-time deputy sheriffs who have met the requirements of Title 25, section 2804-C to perform any of the acts described in Title 17-A, section 15 while outside the jurisdiction in which they are appointed if, when possible, the law enforcement agency of a foreign municipality in which the arrest is to be made is notified in advance or, when not possible, the law enforcement agency of the foreign municipality in which the arrest has been ~ade is notified immediately after the arrest. Page 1-LR0857(2) COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
Maine Legislature, Session 121, LD 0469
Committee Amendment CA_A_H123 (House)
Amends: 30-A MRSA §405, 30-A MRSA §2671

AMENDMENT 
.. /f. to H.P. 361, L.D. 469, Bill, 
Arrest Powers of Law Enforcement Officers" 
"An 
Amend the bill by striking out the title and substituting 
the following: 
. An Act 
To 
Enhance 
the 
Powers 
of 
Law 
Enforcement Officers 
Authorized To Make Out-of-county or Out-of-municipality Arrests' 
Further amend the bill by striking out everything after the 
enacting clause and before the summary and inserting in its place 
the following: 
· Sec. 1. 30-A MRSA §405, sub-§I, as enacted by PL 1993, c. 
594, §1, is repealed. 
Sec. 2. 30-A MRSA §405, sub-§l-A is enacted to read: 
I-A. 
ORtionaI 
powers. 
The 
county 
commissioners 
may 
authorize 
a 
county's sheriff 
and certified full-time 
deputy 
sheriffs who 
have met the requirements of Title 25, 
section 
2804-C to perform any of the acts described in Title 17-A, 
section 15 while outside the jurisdiction in which they are 
appointed if, when possible, the law enforcement agency of a 
foreign municipality in which the arrest is to be 
made 
is 
notified in advance or, when not possible, the law enforcement 
agency of the foreign municipality in which the arrest has been 
~ade is notified immediately after the arrest. 
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Sec. 3. 30-A MRS A §405, sub-§2, as enacted by PL 1993, c. 594, 
§l, is amended to read: 
2. 
Liability. 
When 
a 
county sheriff or deputy sheriff 
makes an arrest, as authorized in subsection ;I, I-A, 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, 
worker's 
compensation, 
insurance 
and 
any 
other 
benefits 
the 
sheriff 
or 
deputy sheriff enjoys 
while 
performing 
duties 
within 
the 
sheriff 
or 
deputy 
sheriff' s 
appointing county. 
Sec. 4. 30-A MRSA §2671, sub-§2-A, as enacted by PL 1993, c. 
594, §2, is amended to read: 
2-A. 
Optional 
powers. 
Notwithstanding 
subsection 
2, 
municipal officers may authorize a municipality's police officers 
who have met the requirements of Title 25. section 2804-C to 
perform 
any of the 
f9**9WiR~ acts described in Title 17-A, 
section 15 while the police officers are outside the jurisdiction 
in 
which 
they 
are 
appointed 
if, 
when 
possible. 
the 
law 
enforcement agency of a foreign municipality in which the arrest 
is to be made is notified in advance or. when not possible. the 
law enforcement agency of the fo:;:.eign municipality in which the 
arrest has been made is notified immediately after the arrest.+ 
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Sec. 5. P&SL 1865, c. 532, §8-A, first 11, as repealed and replaced 
by PL 1991, c. 548, Pt. A, §36, is amended to read: 
The trustees of the University of Maine System, or such 
administrators of the University of Maine System as the trustees 
may designate for this purpose, may appoint persons to act as 
police officers who, within the limits of the property owned by 
or under the control of the University of Maine System, possess 
all of the powers of police officers in criminal cases and civil 
violations. 
The trustees of the University of Maine System may 
authorize 
the University of 
Maine 
System's 
full-time police 
officers who 
have met the requirements of the Maine Revised 
Statutes, Title 25, section 2804-C to perform any of the acts 
described in Title l7-A. section 15 while outside the limits of 
the property owned by or under control of the University of Maine 
System if, when possible. the law enforcement agency of a foreign 
municipality in which the arrest is to be made is notified in 
advance or, when not possible, the law enforcement agency of the 
foreign municipality in which the arrest has 
been 
made 
is 
notified immediately after the arrest. 
When 
a University of 
Maine System police officer makes an arrest outside the limits of 
the property owned by or under control of the University of Maine 
System as authorized in this section, that police officer has the 
same immunity from tort liability and all of the pension, relief, 
disability. 
workers' 
compensation. 
insurance 
and 
any 
other 
benefits the police officer enjoys while performing duties within 
the limits of the property owned by or under control of the 
University of Maine System. I 
SUMMARY 
This amendment replaces the bill. 
The amendment: 
1. 
Retains the authority of counties and municipalities to 
determine 
whether 
their 
officers 
are 
empowered 
to 
make 
out-of-county or out-of-municipality arrests; 
2. 
Limits who 
may exercise these powers to only those 
officers who meet the training requirements of the Maine Revised 
Statutes, Title 25, section 2804-C; 
3. 
Expands these arrest powers for officers who meet the 
training requirements to include all powers listed in Title 17-A, 
section 15; 
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4. 
Retains 
arrest 
powers 
appointment; 
liability 
under 
the 
protection 
county 
or 
for officers 
municipali ty 
with 
of 
these 
their 
5. 
Retains the duty of these officers to notify the county 
or municipality in which they are making the arrest that the 
arrest will be or has been made; and 
6. 
Authorizes 
the trustees of the University of Maine 
System 
to 
empower 
the 
university 
system's 
full-time 
police 
officers to make arrests described in Title l7-A, 
section 15 
outside 
university 
property, 
subject 
to 
the 
same 
training 
requirements, liability protection and notification requirements 
governing counties and municipalities for this purpose. 
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