Sec. 1. 4 MRSA §191, as amended by PL 1993, c. 375, §1, is further amended to read:

§191. State Court Library Committee

The State Court Library Committee, as established in Title 5, section 12004-G, subsection 23, consists of 9 voting members, 3 of whom must be members of the public, 2 of whom must be members of the judiciary and 4 of whom must be attorneys. Each attorney appointed to the committee must be actively engaged in the practice of law and have an established place of business in a county in which a law library established pursuant to section 193 is located and must be chosen so that each tier has an attorney representative. One of the 4 attorney members must be chosen from a county having a census population of from 45,000 to 120,000 and one of the 4 must be chosen from a county having a census population of less than 45,000 persons. The members are appointed by and serve at the pleasure of the Chief Justice of the Supreme Judicial Court. The Chief Justice shall designate the chair. The State Law Librarian, the University of Maine School of Law Librarian and the State Court Administrator are ex officio nonvoting members. A quorum consists of 5 of the voting members. The committee shall meet at least 4 times each year. Secretarial assistance must be provided by the Administrative Office of the Courts.

Sec. 2. 4 MRSA §193, as amended by PL 1995, c. 55, §1 and affected by §2, is repealed and the following enacted in its place:

§193.__System of law libraries

There must be a system of law libraries accessible to all citizens within the State, under the supervision of the State Court Library Committee.

These libraries must be located in:

Androscoggin County, Auburn;

Aroostook County, Caribou;

Aroostook County, Houlton;

Cumberland County, Portland;

Franklin County, Farmington;