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Amend the amendment by striking out all of section 1 and inserting the following:
‘Sec. 1. 12 MRSA §8901, sub-§1, ¶A, as amended by PL 2017, c. 284, Pt. SS, §1, is further amended to read:
 
A. The forest protection unit of the Bureau of Forestry shall employ no fewer than 45 and no more than 50 forest rangers classified as Forest Ranger II to serve as wildfire control specialists and forestry law enforcement officers, and no fewer than 16 forest rangers classified as follows: 3 Regional Rangers, 8 District Rangers, one Forest Fire Prevention Specialist, one Ranger Pilot Supervisor and 3 Ranger Pilots. Each forest ranger and the state supervisor of the forest protection unit of the Bureau of Forestry within the Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry must, at a minimum, be a graduate of the Maine Criminal Justice Academy's law enforcement preservice program or equivalentmeet the training requirements of Title 25, section 2804-L.’
Amend the amendment in section 4 in the first paragraph in the first line (page 2, line 20 in amendment) by striking out the following: "2018" and inserting the following: '2019'
Amend the amendment by striking out all of section 5 and inserting the following:
‘Sec. 5. Appropriations and allocations. The following appropriations and allocations are made.
 
AGRICULTURE, CONSERVATION AND FORESTRY, DEPARTMENT OF
 
Division of Forest Protection Z232
 
Initiative: Provides appropriations for the purchase of firearms, ammunition, holsters and lockboxes, and for training and overtime staffing costs associated with a firearms training program for forest rangers.

GENERAL FUND	2017-18	2018-19	
Personal Services	$0	$25,065	
All Other	$0	$71,872	
			
GENERAL FUND TOTAL	$0	$96,937	

Forest Health and Monitoring Z233
 
Initiative: Provides appropriations for the purchase of firearms, ammunition, holsters and lockboxes, and for training and overtime staffing costs associated with a firearms training program for forest rangers.

GENERAL FUND	2017-18	2018-19	
Personal Services	$0	$10,238	
All Other	$0	$29,356	
			
GENERAL FUND TOTAL	$0	$39,594	

AGRICULTURE, CONSERVATION AND FORESTRY, DEPARTMENT OF			
DEPARTMENT TOTALS	2017-18	2018-19	
			
GENERAL FUND	$0	$136,531	
			
DEPARTMENT TOTAL - ALL FUNDS	$0	$136,531	
 
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SUMMARY
This amendment changes the beginning date for completion of the training requirements to July 1, 2019 from July 1, 2018. This amendment also removes the amounts appropriated in fiscal year 2017-18 and appropriates those amounts in fiscal year 2018-19.
FISCAL NOTE REQUIRED
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