Whereas, waiting for the 90-day period to elapse would cause undue delay in the appointment of the Executive Director of the Workers' Compensation Board and the realignment of the board to enable a simple majority of the board to make decisions; and

Whereas, it would be detrimental to claimants and employers and would waste state resources to perpetuate unnecessarily an inefficient, and often deadlocked, administrative structure; 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. 2 MRSA §6, sub-§1, as amended by PL 2003, c. 469, Pt. A, §1, is further amended to read:

1. Range 91. The salaries of the following state officials and employees are within salary range 91:

Commissioner of Transportation;

Commissioner of Conservation;

Commissioner of Administrative and Financial Services;

Commissioner of Education;

Commissioner of Environmental Protection;

Executive Director of Dirigo Health;

Commissioner of Human Services;

Commissioner of Behavioral and Developmental Services;

Commissioner of Public Safety;

Commissioner of Professional and Financial Regulation;

Commissioner of Labor;

Commissioner of Agriculture, Food and Rural Resources;