An Act To Require That Forms, Pamphlets and Other Documents Be Designed To Permit the Continued Use of the Materials

Sec. 1. 5 MRSA §59  is enacted to read:

§ 59.  Reducing waste; continued use of forms

A state agency, board, commission or department may not include on any pamphlet, form or document produced and distributed to the public after January 1, 2014 the name of an individual office holder, director or other official unless inclusion of the name is required to effectuate the legal purpose of the document.

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This bill provides that a state agency, board, commission or department may not include the name of a state agency, board, commission or department official on any document produced and distributed to the public after January 1, 2014 unless the inclusion of the name is required to effectuate the legal purposes of the document. The purpose of this bill is to reduce waste resulting from the need to reprint pamphlets, forms and other documents when the name of a state agency, board, commission or department official changes.