CHAPTER 381

H.P. 106 - L.D. 97

An Act To Change the Personnel Employed by the Commission

on Governmental Ethics and Election Practices

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

Sec. 1. 1 MRSA §1002, sub-§5, as amended by PL 2001, c. 470, §3, is further amended to read:

5. Employees. The commission shall employ an administrative executive director and such other assistance as may be necessary to carry out its duties. The commission also shall retain a general counsel or a computer analyst as an employee of the commission, based on the staffing needs of the executive director. The If the commission employs a general counsel, the general counsel may not hold any other state office or otherwise be employed by the State. Compensation paid to the commission's general counsel must be paid using funds from the Maine Clean Election Fund established by Title 21-A, section 1124. The commission shall select the administrative executive director and general counsel by an affirmative vote of at least 4 commission members.