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-SIXTH LEGISLATURE FIRST REGULAR SESSION December 5, 2012 to July 10, 2013 THE GENERAL EFFECTIVE DATE FOR FIRST REGULAR SESSION NON-EMERGENCY LAWS IS OCTOBER 9, 2013 PUBLISHED BY THE REVISOR OF STATUTES IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE MAINE REVISED STATUTES ANNOTATED, TITLE 3, SECTION 163-A, SUBSECTION 4. Augusta, Maine 2013 CIVIL GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF MAINE FOR THE POLITICAL YEARS 2012 AND 2013 CONSTITUTIONAL OFFICERS Governor Paul R. LePage Secretary of State Matthew Dunlap Attorney General Janet T. Mills Treasurer of State Neria R. Douglass VII EXECUTIVE BRANCH STATE DEPARTMENTS Governor Paul R. LePage Administrative and Financial Services, Department of Health and Human Services, Department of Commissioner................................ H. Sawin Millett, Jr. 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 Ponte Commissioner .......................................Jeanne Paquette Defense, Veterans and Emergency Management, Marine Resources, Department of Department of Commissioner ........................................ Patrick Keliher Commissioner.......................................James Campbell 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 Commissioner........................................Stephen Bowen 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 ...................................................Richard Rosen SELECTED BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS Workers’ Compensation Board Public Utilities Commission Executive Director..................................Paul Sighinolfi Chair...................................................Thomas L. Welch SELECTED INDEPENDENT AGENCIES Audit, Department of Maine State 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 ........................Beth Bordowitz 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 Jon D. Levy..........................................................Portland Ellen A. Gorman.................................................. Portland Andrew M. Mead ...................................................Bangor Joseph M. Jabar ....................................................Augusta Warren M. Silver....................................................Bangor Active Retired Justices Robert W. Clifford.................................................Auburn SUPERIOR COURT Chief Justice Thomas E. Humphrey....................................................................................................................................Portland Justices William R. Anderson............................................. Bangor Ann M. Murray ......................................................Bangor Roland A. Cole .................................................... Portland Robert E. Murray ...................................................Belfast Kevin M. Cuddy .................................................... Bangor Nancy Mills..........................................................Portland Paul A. Fritzsche..................................................... Alfred Michaela Murphy.................................................Augusta Jeffrey L. Hjelm..................................................Rockland John Nivison.........................................................Augusta Andrew M. Horton............................................... Portland John O'Neil..............................................................Alfred E. Allen Hunter.....................................................Caribou Thomas D. Warren ...............................................Portland MaryGay Kennedy ................................................Auburn Joyce A. Wheeler .................................................Portland Active Retired Justices Carl O. Bradford.................................................. Portland William S. Brodrick .............................................Portland G. Arthur Brennan .................................................. Alfred Donald H. Marden................................................Augusta IX DISTRICT COURT Charles C. LaVerdiere (Chief Judge) ............................................................................................................ Augusta Robert E. Mullen (Deputy Chief Judge)...................................................................................................Skowhegan Resident Judges John B. Beliveau.................................................Lewiston Bruce Jordan ..........................................................Bangor Daniel Billings...................................................Wiscasset E. Mary Kelly.......................................................Portland Gregory Campbell ................................................. Bangor John David Kennedy .........................................West Bath Michael Cantara................................................Springvale Rick E. Lawrence............................................... Lewiston Nancy D. Carlson ........................................... Farmington John Lucy...............................................................Bangor Paul A. Cote, Jr. .................................................Lewiston Bruce Mallonee ..................................................Ellsworth Peter Darvin......................................................Springvale Jeffrey Moskowitz................................................Portland Beth Dobson .........................................................Augusta Richard Mulhern ..................................................Portland Wayne R. Douglas.............................................Biddeford Bernard O’Mara .............................................Presque Isle Charles Dow .....................................................Waterville Susan Oram ........................................................ Lewiston Daniel Driscoll..................................................Springvale Keith A. Powers ...................................................Portland E. Paul Eggert...................................................... Portland John V. Romei......................................................Machias Patrick Ende..........................................................Augusta David J. Soucy ..................................................... Caribou Christine Foster..................................................Biddeford Susan Sparaco ....................................................Rockland Evert Fowle .........................................................Newport Valerie Stanfill .....................................................Augusta Peter J. Goranites................................................. Portland Kevin L. Stitham ...................................... Dover-Foxcroft Andre G. Janelle ................................................Biddeford Patricia G. Worth ...................................................Belfast Active Retired Ronald A. Daigle ............................................... Fort Kent David B. Griffiths...........................................Presque Isle Joseph H. Field ................................................. West Bath Marilyn E. Stavros .................................................... York Rae Ann French....................................................Augusta COURT ADMINISTRATORS James