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| 1.__Office of Securities; administrator.__There is created within | the Department of Professional and Financial Regulation the Office | of Securities.__The Office of Securities is directed by the | Securities Administrator, referred to in this chapter as the | "administrator," who is responsible for the administration and | enforcement of this chapter, the Maine Commodity Code and chapter | 69-B. |
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| A.__The administrator is appointed by the Commissioner of | Professional and Financial Regulation. The administrator is | appointed for a term that is coterminous with the term of | the Governor or until a successor is appointed and | qualified. Any vacancy occurring must be filled by | appointment for the unexpired portion of the term. The | administrator may be removed from office for cause by the | commissioner, and Title 5, section 931, subsection 2 does | not apply. A person appointed as administrator must have | knowledge of, or experience in, the theory and practice of | securities. |
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| B.__With the approval of the Commissioner of Professional | and Financial Regulation, the administrator shall organize | the Office of Securities in such a manner as the | administrator considers necessary to carry out the | administrator's responsibilities. |
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| C.__The administrator may employ personnel as the business | of the Office of Securities may require, subject to the | Commissioner of Professional and Financial Regulation's | approval and in accordance with the Civil Service Law. The | qualifications of the personnel must reflect the needs and | responsibilities of the Office of Securities' regulatory | functions. The administrator may authorize senior personnel | of the Office of Securities to carry out the administrator's | duties and authority. The administrator may employ or engage | such expert, professional or other assistance as may be | necessary to assist the Office of Securities in carrying out | its functions. In addition to salaries or wages, all | employees of the Office of Securities must receive their | actual expenses incurred in the performance of their | official duties. |
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| D. At the expense of the Office of Securities, the | administrator may train the Office of Securities' employees, | or have them trained, in a manner the administrator | determines desirable, to carry out the purposes of the | Office of Securities. |
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