An Act To Allow School Administrative Units To Establish Rules, Procedures and Guidelines for Properly Trained Staff To Carry a Concealed Handgun on School Property while Acting in Their Official Capacities
Maine Legislature, Session 126, LD 1429
Committee Amendment CA_A_S150 (Senate)

COMMITTEE AMENDMENT "/\,, to S.P. 515, L.D. 1429, Bill, "An Act To 
Allow School Administrative Units To Establish Rules, Procedures and Guidelines for 
Properly Trained Staff To Carry a Concealed Handgun on School Property while Acting 
in Their Official Capacities" 
Amend the bill in section 2 in §6552-A by inserting after subsection 12 the following: 
'B. Qualified school employee becoming a part-time law enforcement officer. A 
school administrative unit may invite a school employee who is qualified under this 
section to carry a concealed handgun on school premises and who voluntarily participates 
pursuant to subsection 12 to become a part-time law enforcement officer. If the school 
employee accepts, the school administrative unit may enter into an agreement on behalf 
of that school employee with a local law enforcement agency or sheriff to allow that 
employee to become a part-time law enforcement officer. The agreement must require 
that the school employee successfully complete the Maine Criminal Justice Academy's 
training requirements to become a part-time law enforcement officer pursuant to Title 25, 
sections 2804-B and 2804-E. Upon completion of that training, a local law enforcement 
agency or sheriff may commission the school employee as a part-time law enforcement 
officer. 
A school employee commissioned as a part-time law enforcement officer 
pursuant to this subsection is subject to the policies and requirements of the local law 
enforcement agency or sheriff' 
Amend the bill in section 2 in §6552-A by renumbering the subsections to read 
consecutively. 
SUMMARY 
This amendment is the minority report and allows a school administrative unit to 
invite a school employee who is qualified to carry a concealed handgun on school 
premises to become a part-time law enforcement officer. It provides that the school 
administrative unit may enter into an agreement with a local law enforcement agency to 
commission a qualified school employee as a part-time law enforcement officer. Before 
becoming a part-time law enforcement officer, the school employee must successfully 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
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COMMITTEE AMENDMENT" A' to S.P. 515, L.D. 1429 
complete the Maine Criminal Justice Academy's training requirements for a part-time 
law enforcement officer. 
FISCAL NOTE REQUIRED 
(See attached) 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
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Approved: 05/21113 ;evac:.. 
LD 1429 
LR 734(02) 
An Act To Allow School Administratiye Units To Establish Rules, Procedures and Guidelines for 
Properly Trained Staff To Carry a Concealed Handgun on School Property while Acting in Their 
Official Capacities 
Fiscal Detail and Notes 
Fiscal Note for Bill as Amended by Committee Amendment A' '%. \ ~O '\ 
Committee: Criminal Justice and Public Safety 
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Fiscal Note Required: Yes 
Fiscal Note 
Minor cost incn:ase - Other Special Revenue Funds 
This legislation will not impact the total state and local cost of the components of essential programs and services or 
the state's share of that cost. The cost to local school administrative units that choose to allow a properly trained 
school employee to carry a concealed handgun on school property associated with establishing rules, procedures and 
guidelines will be borne by those individual school units. 
Additional costs to the Department of Public Safety associated with designing a firearms training course for school 
employees can be absorbed within existing budgeted resources. 
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