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Amend the bill by adding after section 2 the following:
‘Sec. 3.  39-A MRSA §328-B, sub-§8  is enacted to read:
 
8.  Safety equipment for investigators and sergeants in the Office of the State Fire Marshal.    In order to qualify for the presumption under subsection 2, an investigator or sergeant in the Office of the State Fire Marshal must represent that the investigator or sergeant used protective equipment in compliance with the policies of the Office of the State Fire Marshal in effect during the course of the investigator's or sergeant's employment.’
 
SUMMARY
This amendment changes the bill by adding a requirement that, in order to qualify for the rebuttable presumption that cancer was contracted in the course of employment, an investigator or sergeant in the Office of the State Fire Marshal must represent that the investigator or sergeant used protective equipment in compliance with Office of the State Fire Marshal policies in effect during the course of the investigator's or sergeant's employment.