CHAPTER 425

H.P. 1055 - L.D. 1503

An Act To Amend the Economic Development Statutes

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

Sec. 1. 5 MRSA §934-A, sub-§1, as amended by PL 2003, c. 673, Pt. M, §1, is repealed and the following enacted in its place:

1.__Major policy-influencing position.__The Deputy Commissioner is a major policy-influencing position within the Department of Economic and Community Development.__The Deputy Commissioner is appointed by the Commissioner of Economic and Community Development and serves at the commissioner's pleasure.__ Notwithstanding any other provision of law, this position and its successor position is subject to this chapter.

Sec. 2. 5 MRSA §3327, sub-§1, ¶G, as amended by PL 2003, c. 9, §1, is further amended to read:

G. The Commissioner of Economic and Community Development or the commissioner's designee;

Sec. 3. 5 MRSA §13033, as amended by PL 2003, c. 681, §5, is further amended to read:

§13033. Membership

The commission consists of 10 members: the Chief Executive Officer of the Finance Authority of Maine or the chief executive officer's designee; the Commissioner of Economic and Community Development or the commissioner's designee; the House and Senate