An Act Relating to Death Benefits for Certain Law Enforcement Officers
Maine Legislature, Session 124, LD 0393
Committee Amendment CA_A_S132 (Senate)
Amends: 20-A MRSA §12552, 29-A MRSA §2054

COMMITTEE AMENDMENT "A " to S.P. 135, L.D. 393, Bill, "An Act Relating 
to Death Benefits for Certain Law Enforcement Officers" 
Amend the bill by striking out the title and substituting the following: 
'An Act Relating to Death Benefits for Certain Law Enforcement Officers and 
Amending the Definition of Emergency Vehicles' 
Amend the bill by inserting after the enacting clause and before section I the 
following: 
'Sec. 1. 20-A MRSA §12552, sub-§2, as amended by PL 1997, c. 160, §2, is 
further amended to read: 
2. Law enforcement officer. "Law enforcement officer" means an active state 
police officer, municipal police officer, county sheriff or deputy sheriff in this State. 
"Law enforcement officer" also means an active game warden, fire marshal, futHeF 
enforcement officer forest ranger, Baxter State Park ranger, detective employed by the 
Office of the Attorney General pursuant to Title 5, section 202, person employed by the 
Department of Corrections as an investigative officer as defined in Title 34-A, section 
1001, subsection 10-A, juvenile community corrections officer as described in Title 34-A, 
section 5602, probation officer, security officer appointed by the Commissioner of Public 
Safety pursuant to Title 25, section 2908, motor vehicle investigator or supervisor 
appointed by the Secretary of State pursuant to Title 29-A, section 152, military security 
police officer appointed by the Adjutant General, University of Maine System police 
officer or marine patrol officer, if employed on a full-time basis in that position in this 
State.' 
Amend the bill in section 1 in subsection 5 in the 2nd to last line (page 1, line 14 in 
L.D.) by inserting after the following: "motor vehicle investigator" the following: 'or 
supervisor' 
Amend the bill in section 1 in subsection 5 in the last line (page 1, line 15 in L.D.) by 
inserting after the following: "section 152" the following: " a military security police 
officer appointed by the Adjutant General, a University of Maine System police officer' 
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COMMIITEE AMENDMENT ,A "to S.P. 135, L.D. 393 
Amend the bill by inserting after section 1 the following: 
'Sec. 2. 29-A MRSA §2054, sub-§l, GflB, as amended by PL 2007, c. 348, § 18, is 
further amended to read: 
B. "Authorized emergency vehicle" means anyone of the following vehicles: 
(1) An ambulance; 
(2) A Baxter State Park Authority vehicle operated by a Baxter State Park 
ranger; 
(3) A Bureau of Marine Patrol vehicle operated by a coastal warden; 
(4) A Department of Conservation vehicle operated by a forest ranger; 
(5) A Department of Conservation vehicle used for forest fire control; 
(6) A Department of Corrections vehicle used for responding to the escape of or 
performing the high-security transfer of a prisoner, juvenile client or juvenile 
detainee; 
(7) A Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife vehicle operated by a warden; 
(8) A Department of Public Safety vehicle operated by a capital security officer 
appointed pursuant to Title 25, section 2908, a state fire investigator or a Maine 
Drug Enforcement Agency officer; 
(9) An emergency medical service vehicle; 
(10) A fire department vehicle; 
(11) A hazardous material response vehicle, including a vehicle designed to 
respond to a weapon of mass destruction; 
(12) A railroad police vehicle; 
(13) A sheriffs department vehicle; 
(14) A State Police or municipal police department vehicle; 
(15) A vehicle operated by a chief of police, a sheriff or a deputy sheriff when 
authorized by the sheriff; 
(16) A vehicle operated by a municipal fire inspector, a municipal fire chief, an 
assistant or deputy chief or a town forest fire warden; 
(17) 
A vehicle operated by a qualified deputy sheriff or other qualified 
individual to perform court security-related functions and services as authorized 
by the State Court Administrator pursuant to Title 4, section 17, subsection 15; 
(18) 
A Federal Government vehicle operated by a federal law enforcement 
officer; 
(19) A vehicle operated by a municipal rescue chief, deputy chief or assistant 
chief; 
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COMMITTEE AMENDMENT "A "to S.P. \35, L.D. 393 
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An Office of the Attorney General vehicle operated by a detective 
appointed pursuant to Title 5, section 202; aHd 
(21) A Department of the Secretary of State vehicle operated by a motor vehicle 
investigator ... ; and 
(22) A University of Maine System vehicle operated by a University of Maine 
System police officer.' 
Amend the bill by relettering or renumbering any nonconsecutive Part letter or 
section number to read consecutively. 
SUMMARY 
This amendment makes a number of changes to the bill. 
1. It adds forest rangers, Baxter State Park rangers, detectives employed by the 
Office of the Attorney General, investigative officers employed by the Department of 
Corrections, juvenile community corrections officers, probation officers, certain security 
officers appointed by the Commissioner of Public Safety, motor vehicle investigators or 
supervisors appointed by the Secretary of State, military security police officers 
appointed by the Adjutant General and University of Maine System police officers to the 
definition of "law enforcement officer" in the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 20-A so that 
survivors would receive tuition benefits to Maine colleges and universities in the event 
that one of these officers died in the line of duty. It also removes liquor enforcement 
officers from the definition because they no longer exist. 
2. It adds a University of Maine System police officer and a military security police 
officer appointed by the Adjutant General to the definition of "law enforcement officer" 
so that the families of those officers are eligible for death benefits in the event that an 
officer dies in the line of duty. 
3. It clarifies that supervisors of motor vehicle investigators appointed by the 
Secretary of State are eligible for benefits. 
4. It adds University of Maine System vehicles operated by a University of Maine 
System police officer to the definition of "authorized emergency vehicle." 
5. It changes the title. 
FISCAL NOTE REQUIRED 
(See attached) 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
Approved: 04/30109 frac:.. 
LD393 
LR 788(02) 
An Act Relating to Death Benefits for Certain Law Enforcement Officers 
Fiscal Note for Bill as Amended by Committee Amendment ''A" 
Committee: Criminal Justice and Public Safety 
Fiscal Note Required: Yes 
Fiscal Note 
Potential current biennium cost increase - Maine Budget Stabilization Fund 
Fiscal Detail and Notes 
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Expanding the list of those eligible for the $50,000 death benefit paid out of the Maine Budget Stabilization Fund may 
reduce the balance in that fund. The exact amount by fiscal year can not be determined at this time and will depend 0""'" 
the number of eligible indivudals who die in the line of d u t y . )  
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