APPROVED CHAPTER
JULY 26, 2023 443
BY GOVERNOR PUBLIC LAW
STATE OF MAINE
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IN THE YEAR OF OUR LORD
TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-THREE
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S.P. 314 - L.D. 756
An Act to Limit Changes to the Resource Coordination Agreement Between
the Bureau of State Police and the Penobscot County Sheriff's Department
and Require Annual Reporting Regarding Resource Coordination
Agreements
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:
Sec. 1. 25 MRSA §1511 is enacted to read:
§1511. Annual report regarding resource coordination agreements and other services
Beginning January 1, 2024 and annually thereafter, the Bureau of State Police shall
report to the joint standing committees of the Legislature having jurisdiction over criminal
justice matters, transportation matters and appropriations and financial affairs regarding
resource coordination agreements between the Bureau of State Police and county sheriffs'
departments, including where those agreements are in place, a summary of the agreements
and any changes to those agreements in the prior calendar year. The Bureau of State Police
shall also provide to those joint standing committees a summary of the services provided
by the State Police throughout the State. A joint standing committee may report out a bill
to the Legislature based on the reports submitted to the committee pursuant to this section.
As used in this section, "resource coordination agreement" means the coordination of
services by the Bureau of State Police and a county sheriff to provide law enforcement
services in response to requests by the public in a manner that maximizes efficiency and
reduces duplication of effort.
Sec. 2. Restriction on change to resource coordination agreement with
Penobscot County Sheriff's Department. Notwithstanding any provision of law to
the contrary, before December 1, 2024, the Department of Public Safety, Bureau of State
Police may not change its resource coordination agreement with the Penobscot County
Sheriff's Department that was in effect on May 1, 2023 unless mutually agreed upon by the
Bureau of State Police and the Penobscot County Sheriff's Department. If the resource
coordination agreement is changed, that change must be documented in writing and
provided to the Joint Standing Committee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety, the Joint
Standing Committee on Transportation and the Joint Standing Committee on
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Appropriations and Financial Affairs as soon as practicable after it has been mutually
agreed upon by the Bureau of State Police and the Penobscot County Sheriff's Department.
As used in this section, "resource coordination agreement" has the same meaning as in
the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 25, section 1511.
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