APPROVED CHAPTER
JUNE 14, 2021 198
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. 224 - L.D. 537
An Act To Dedicate Sections of Maine's State Highway System to Fallen
State Troopers
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:
Sec. 1. 23 MRSA §1952 is enacted to read:
§1952. Fallen State Trooper Dedication Program
The Fallen State Trooper Dedication Program is established. The Department of
Transportation, in collaboration with the Department of Public Safety, shall designate one
mile of the state highway system to a state police officer who dies in the performance of
that officer's duty within one year of the death. The one-mile section must be located as
close as possible to the patrol area of the fallen officer, and the Department of
Transportation shall install appropriate signs in both directions of the roadway. The
Department of Transportation and the Department of Public Safety shall share
responsibility for expenses related to the maintenance of signs installed under this section.
The State Police shall notify the Department of Transportation of a deceased state
police officer who is eligible for designation under this section.
Sec. 2. Fallen State Trooper Dedication Program. Notwithstanding the Maine
Revised Statutes, Title 23, section 1952, the State Police shall notify the Department of
Transportation of the identity of any state police officer who died in the performance of
that officer's duty before the effective date of this Act and who is eligible for the Fallen
State Trooper Dedication Program established under that section, and the department shall
designate one mile of the state highway system to that officer as required under that
program.
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