Sec. 1. 20-A MRSA c. 431 is amended by repealing the chapter headnote and enacting the following in its place:

CHAPTER 431

MAINE COMMUNITY COLLEGE SYSTEM

Sec. 2. 20-A MRSA §12701, as amended by PL 1989, c. 878, Pt. I, §§1 and 2, is further amended to read:

§12701. Definitions

As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise indicates, the following terms have the following meanings.

1. Administrative council. "Administrative council" means the administrative council of the system as established in section 12713.

2. Board of trustees. "Board of trustees" means the board of trustees of the system.

3. President. "President" means the president of a technical community college.

4. President of the system. "President of the system" means the President of the Maine Technical Community College System.

5. College. "College" means a technical community college as established in section 12714.

6. System. "System" means the Maine Technical Community College System.

7. Maine Community College System Office. "Maine Technical Community College System Office" means the office of the president of the system, together with the offices of supporting staff, as established in section 12710.

Sec. 3. 20-A MRSA §12702, as amended by PL 1989, c. 443, §34, is further amended to read:

§12702. System established

There is established the Maine Technical Community College System, which shall be is a body corporate and politic and a public instrumentality of the State and the exercise of the powers conferred by this chapter shall be are deemed and held to