C. By a department state employee or complaint officer designated by the commissioner authority when and to the extent considered necessary to facilitate the investigation;

Sec. 8. 38 MRSA §100-A, sub-§2, ¶¶E and F, as enacted by PL 1999, c. 355, §22, are amended to read:

E. When and to the extent considered necessary by the commissioner authority to avoid imminent and serious harm. The authority responsibility of the commissioner authority to make such a disclosure may not be delegated;

F. Pursuant to rules adopted by the department State, when it is determined that confidentiality is no longer warranted due to general public knowledge of the circumstances surrounding the complaint or investigation and when the investigation would not be prejudiced by the disclosure; and

Sec. 9. 38 MRSA §100-A, sub-§2, ¶G, as corrected by RR 1999, c. 1, §53, is amended to read:

G. To the person investigated on that person's request. The commissioner authority may refuse to disclose part or all of any investigative information, including the fact of an investigation, when the commissioner authority determines that disclosure would prejudice the investigation. The authority responsibility of the commissioner authority to make such a determination may not be delegated.

Sec. 10. 38 MRSA §106, first ¶, as amended by PL 1997, c. 727, Pt. C, §20, is further amended to read:

All money received by the commission must be paid to the Treasurer of State authority and credited to the account for the commission within the budget of the Department of Transportation authority.

SUMMARY

This bill changes the oversight of the Maine Pilotage Commission from the Department of Transportation to the Maine Port Authority.