CHAPTER 79

H.P. 179 - L.D. 240

An Act To Update Certain Provisions Pertaining to County

Government

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

Sec. 1. 30-A MRSA §1, sub-§4 is enacted to read:

4.__County official.__"County official" means an elected or appointed member of a county government.

Sec. 2. 30-A MRSA §201, as amended by PL 1989, c. 104, Pt. A, §5; and Pt. C, §§8 and 10, is further amended to read:

§201. Clerical help

In all county offices, there shall be is allowed for clerk hire the amount authorized by the county commissioners. The county commissioners shall determine the salary of all clerks after receiving a recommendation from the county official under whom the clerk is employed. The county treasurer shall may pay weekly or biweekly, at the discretion of the commissioners, to the clerks employed by the county the wages to which they are entitled. The county commissioners shall certify the names of the clerks to the county treasurer. The county commissioners may provide for a county pay scale, vacations and sick leave for clerical help.