Whereas, in order for the Department of the Attorney General to more efficiently serve and represent the State, this legislation needs immediate enactment; and

Whereas, in the judgment of the Legislature, these facts create an emergency within the meaning of the Constitution of Maine and require the following legislation as immediately necessary for the preservation of the public peace, health and safety; now, therefore,

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

Sec. 1. 4 MRSA §807, sub-§3, śL, as amended by PL 1999, c. 139, §2, is further amended to read:

L. A person who is not an attorney, but who is representing the Department of Agriculture, Food and Rural Resources in accordance with Title 7, section 3909, subsection 2; or

Sec. 2. 4 MRSA §807, sub-§3, śM, as enacted by PL 1999, c. 139, §3, is amended to read:

M. A law enforcement officer, as defined in Title 29-A, section 101, subsection 30, who is not an attorney but who is representing the State in the prosecution of a traffic infraction, as defined in Title 29-A, section 101, subsection 85, when representation in that matter has been approved by the prosecuting attorney.; or

Sec. 3. 4 MRSA §807, sub-§3, śN is enacted to read:

N.__A person who is not an attorney, but is representing the State under section 807-A.

Sec. 4. 4 MRSA §807-A, as amended by PL 1997, c. 526, §14, is further amended to read:

§807-A. Representation by Bureau of Unemployment Compensation,

Department of the Attorney General or Bureau of Revenue

Services employees

Upon the promulgation of and in accordance with rules adopted by the Supreme Judicial Court, employees of the Bureau of Unemployment Compensation may serve civil process and represent the bureau in District Court in disclosure proceedings pursuant to Title 14, chapter 502, ancillary to the collection of taxes