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Maine State Legislature MAINE STATE LEGISLATURE The following document is provided by the LAW AND LEGISLATIVE DIGITAL LIBRARY at the Maine State Law and Legislative Reference Library http://legislature.maine.gov/lawlib Reproduced from electronic originals (may include minor formatting differences from printed original) LAWS OF THE STATE OF MAINE AS PASSED BY THE ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY-SEVENTH LEGISLATURE FIRST REGULAR SESSION December 3, 2014 to July 16, 2015 THE GENERAL EFFECTIVE DATE FOR FIRST REGULAR SESSION NON-EMERGENCY LAWS IS OCTOBER 15, 2015 PUBLISHED BY THE REVISOR OF STATUTES IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE MAINE REVISED STATUTES ANNOTATED, TITLE 3, SECTION 163-A, SUBSECTION 4. Augusta, Maine 2015 CIVIL GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF MAINE FOR THE POLITICAL YEARS 2015 AND 2016 CONSTITUTIONAL OFFICERS Governor Paul R. LePage Secretary of State Matthew Dunlap Attorney General Janet T. Mills Treasurer of State Terry Hayes VII EXECUTIVE BRANCH STATE DEPARTMENTS Governor Paul R. LePage Administrative and Financial Services, Department of Health and Human Services, Department of Commissioner......................................... Richard Rosen Commissioner .........................................Mary Mayhew Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry, Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife, Department of Commissioner.................................... Walter Whitcomb Commissioner ................................Chandler Woodcock Corrections, Department of Labor, Department of Commissioner....................................Joseph Fitzpatrick Commissioner .......................................Jeanne Paquette Defense, Veterans and Emergency Management, Marine Resources, Department of Department of Commissioner ........................................ Patrick Keliher Acting Commissioner ............................. Gerard Bolduc Professional and Financial Regulation, Department of Economic and Community Development, Department of Commissioner .............................................. Anne Head Commissioner........................................George Gervais Public Safety, Department of Education, Department of Commissioner .........................................John E. Morris Acting Commissioner .............................Tom Desjardin Transportation, Department of Environmental Protection, Department of Commissioner ................................. David B. Bernhardt Commissioner.............................................Patricia Aho EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT Public Advocate.................................. Timothy Schneider Office of Policy and Management Director ............................................. Jonathan LaBonte SELECTED BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS Workers’ Compensation Board Public Utilities Commission Executive Director..................................Paul Sighinolfi Chair......................................................... Mark Vannoy SELECTED INDEPENDENT AGENCIES Audit, Department of Maine Public Employees Retirement System State Auditor............................................. Pola Buckley Executive Director ...............................Sandy Matheson Baxter State Park Maine Turnpike Authority Director.................................................... Jensen Bissell Executive Director ........................................Peter Mills Maine State Housing Authority Maine Municipal Bond Bank Director...................................................John Gallagher Chair............................................... Stephen R. Crockett Maine Maritime Academy Finance Authority of Maine President ..........................................William J. Brennan Chief Executive Officer .......................... Bruce Wagner Maine Port Authority Executive Director..............................John H. Henshaw VIII JUDICIAL BRANCH SUPREME JUDICIAL COURT Chief Justice Leigh I. Saufley ............................................................................................................................................. Augusta Associate Justices Donald G. Alexander........................................... Portland Thomas E. Humphrey ..........................................Portland Ellen A. Gorman.................................................. Portland Joseph M. Jabar....................................................Augusta Jeffrey L. Hjelm....................................................Augusta Andrew M. Mead ...................................................Bangor Active Retired Justices Robert W. Clifford.................................................Auburn SUPERIOR COURT Chief Justice Roland A. Cole ..............................................................................................................................................Portland Justices William R. Anderson............................................. Bangor Robert Mullen ......................................................Augusta Daniel Billings...................................................Wiscasset Michaela Murphy.................................................Augusta Paul A. Fritzsche..................................................... Alfred Ann M. Murray ......................................................Bangor Andrew M. Horton............................................... Portland Robert E. Murray .................................................Machias E. Allen Hunter.....................................................Caribou John O'Neil..............................................................Alfred MaryGay Kennedy ................................................Auburn William R. Stokes ................................................Portland Nancy Mills ......................................................... Portland Thomas D. Warren ...............................................Portland Active Retired Justices Carl O. Bradford.................................................. Portland Donald H. Marden................................................Augusta G. Arthur Brennan .................................................. Alfred S. Kirk Studstrup....................................................Bangor William S. Brodrick............................................. Portland Joyce A. Wheeler .................................................Portland IX DISTRICT COURT Charles C. LaVerdiere (Chief Judge) ............................................................................................................ Augusta Jeffrey Moskowitz (Deputy Chief Judge) ..................................................................................................... Augusta Resident Judges Andrew Benson .............................................. Skowhegan Rick E. Lawrence............................................... Lewiston Gregory Campbell ................................................. Bangor John Lucy...............................................................Bangor Michael Cantara................................................Springvale Bruce Mallonee ..................................................Ellsworth Nancy D. Carlson ............................................... Rumford David Mitchell .....................................................Machias Peter Darvin.........................................................Bridgton Richard Mulhern ..............................................Springvale Beth Dobson ..................................................... West Bath Bernard O’Mara .............................................Presque Isle Wayne R. Douglas.............................................Biddeford Susan Oram ........................................................ Lewiston Charles Dow .......................................................Lewiston Keith A. Powers ...................................................Portland Daniel Driscoll..................................................Springvale Barbara Raimondi ............................................. Wiscasset E. Paul Eggert...................................................... Portland David J. Soucy ..................................................... Caribou Patrick Ende.........................................................Newport Susan Sparaco ....................................................Rockland Christine Foster..................................................Biddeford Valerie Stanfill ................................................. Waterville Evert Fowle ..........................................................Augusta Kevin L. Stitham ...................................... Dover-Foxcroft Andre G. Janelle ................................................Biddeford Eric Walker ..........................................................Augusta Bruce Jordan.......................................................... Bangor Lance Walker .................................................. South Paris E. Mary Kelly ...................................................... Portland Patricia G. Worth ...................................................Belfast Active Retired John B. Beliveau.................................................Lewiston Peter J. Goranites .................................................Portland Ronald A. Daigle ............................................... Fort Kent David B. Griffiths...........................................Presque Isle Joseph H. Field ................................................. West Bath John V. Romei......................................................Machias Rae Ann French....................................................Augusta COURT ADMINISTRATORS
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