Sec. 73. 7 MRSA §§998 to 1006, as amended by PL 1981, c. 513, §11, are repealed.

Sec. 74. 7 MRSA §1008, as amended by PL 1985, c. 450, is repealed.

Sec. 75. 7 MRSA §1008-A, as amended by PL 1987, c. 434, §1, is repealed.

Sec. 76. 7 MRSA §1008-B, as corrected by RR 1997, c. 2, §27, is repealed.

Sec. 77. 7 MRSA §§1008-C and 1008-F, as amended by PL 1985, c. 450, are repealed.

Sec. 78. 7 MRSA §1008-G, as amended by PL 1987, c. 434, §4, is repealed.

Sec. 79. 7 MRSA §1008-I, as enacted by PL 1989, c. 181, is repealed.

Sec. 80. 10 MRSA §318 is enacted to read:

§318.__Repeal

This chapter is repealed August 1, 2003.

Sec. 81. 10 MRSA §1414, as amended by PL 1989, c. 503, Pt. B, §53, is repealed.

Sec. 82. 12 MRSA §6455, sub-§7, as enacted by PL 1993, c. 545, §6, is amended to read:

7. Audit. Beginning with fiscal year 1994-95, An annual audit of the expenditures of the council must be performed.__The council may contract with the Department of Audit shall annually perform a postaudit of expenditures by the or with a private sector accounting firm to conduct the audit.__The council and shall report the results of that audit to the joint standing committee of the Legislature having jurisdiction over marine resource matters. The If the annual audit is performed by the Department of Audit, the council shall reimburse the Department of Audit department for its costs incurred by that department to conduct that audit.

Sec. 83. 20-A MRSA §7724, sub-§1, as amended by PL 1997, c. 534, §4, is further amended to read: