APPROVED CHAPTER
MAY 2, 2022 678
BY GOVERNOR PUBLIC LAW
STATE OF MAINE
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IN THE YEAR OF OUR LORD
TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-ONE
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S.P. 131 - L.D. 305
An Act To Include Certain Employees in the Bureau of Forestry's Forest
Protection Unit in the Laws Concerning Cancer Suffered by Firefighters
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:
Sec. 1. 39-A MRSA §328-B, sub-§1, ¶B, as amended by PL 2015, c. 373, §1, is
further amended to read:
B. "Employed" means to be employed as an active duty firefighter or by the Office of
the State Fire Marshal or by the forest protection unit within the Department of
Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry, Bureau of Forestry or to be an active member
of a volunteer fire association with no compensation other than injury and death
benefits.
Sec. 2. 39-A MRSA §328-B, sub-§1, ¶C, as amended by PL 2015, c. 373, §1, is
further amended to read:
C. "Firefighter" means a member of a municipal fire department or volunteer fire
association whose duties include the extinguishment of fires or, an investigator or
sergeant in the Office of the State Fire Marshal or an employee in the forest protection
unit within the Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry, Bureau of
Forestry whose duties include the extinguishment or investigation of fires.
Sec. 3. 39-A MRSA §328-B, sub-§6, as amended by PL 2015, c. 373, §2, is further
amended to read:
6. Length of service. In order to qualify for the presumption under subsection 2, the
firefighter must have been employed as a firefighter for 5 years and, except for an
investigator or sergeant in the Office of the State Fire Marshal or an employee in the forest
protection unit within the Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry, Bureau
of Forestry, regularly responded to firefighting or emergency calls.
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Statutes affected:
Bill Text LD 305, SP 131: 39-A.328
Bill Text ACTPUB , Chapter 678: 39-A.328