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Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:

 
Sec. 1. 30-A MRSA §1, sub-§4 is enacted to read:

 
4.__County official.__"County official" means any elected or
appointed member of a county government.

 
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:

 
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:

 
1998

 
A. Androscoggin County:

 
(1) Commissioners

 
(a) Chair$6,536

 
(b) Members5,595

 
(2) Treasurer21,007

 
(3) Sheriff33,455

 
(4) Judge of Probate12,689

 
(5) Register of Probate10,712

 
(6) Register of Deeds27,495

 
2001

 
B. Kennebec County:

 
(1) Commissioners

 
(a) Chair$8,531


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