An Act Regarding Qualifications for District Attorneys
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:
Sec. 1. 30-A MRSA §251, sub-§2, as enacted by PL 1987, c. 737, Pt. A, §2 and Pt. C, §106 and amended by PL 1989, c. 6; c. 9, §2; c. 104, Pt. C, §§8 and 10, is further amended to read:
2. Qualifications. Only attorneys an attorney who is admitted to the general practice of law in this the State , who has not been suspended from the practice of law in the State or in any other jurisdiction during the previous 10 years and who reside resides in the prosecutorial district may be elected or appointed district attorney. Removal from the prosecutorial district or disbarment or suspension from the practice of law vacates the office.
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Current law requires that only attorneys who are admitted to the practice of law in the State may be elected or appointed district attorney. This bill adds the requirement that an attorney may not have been suspended from the practice of law in the State or any other jurisdiction during the previous 10 years in order to be elected or appointed district attorney and specifies that disbarment or suspension from the practice of law vacates the office.