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Amend the bill by striking out the title and substituting the following:
‘An Act Concerning the Salary of Sheriffs’
Amend the bill by striking out everything after the enacting clause and before the summary and inserting the following:
‘Sec. 1. 30-A MRSA §373, sub-§3, ¶B, as enacted by PL 2011, c. 95, §2, is amended to read:
 
B. The salary of the county sheriff may not be reduced during the sheriff's term other than upon complaint, and after due notice and hearing, of malfeasance, misfeasance, neglect,or gross negligence or failure to maintain certification with the Maine Criminal Justice Academy by the board of county commissioners to the Office of the Governor.’
 
SUMMARY
This amendment replaces the bill and requires due notice and hearing prior to reducing a county sheriff's salary during the sheriff's term after a complaint of malfeasance, misfeasance, neglect or gross negligence against that county sheriff.