| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows: |
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| | Sec. 1. 30-A MRSA §1, sub-§4 is enacted to read: |
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| | 4.__County official.__"County official" means any elected or | appointed member of a county government. |
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| | Sec. 2. 30-A MRSA §2, sub-§1-B, as amended by PL 2001, c. 161, §1 | and affected by §2, is further amended to read: |
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| | 1-B. County officers' salaries. Notwithstanding other | sections of this chapter, counties that are not required to | obtain legislative approval of their budgets under section 702 | are not required to obtain legislative approval of the | salaries of county officers under this section. The county | commissioners, treasurers, sheriffs, judges of probate, | registers of probate and registers of deeds in those counties | whose budgets require required legislative approval under | former section 702 are entitled to receive in weekly, biweekly | or monthly payments annual salaries from the county treasury | as follows: |
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| (4) Judge of Probate | | 12,689 |
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| (5) Register of Probate | | 10,712 |
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| (6) Register of Deeds | | 27,495 |
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