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 SEVENTEENTH LEGISLATURE SECOND SPECIAL SESSION September 5, 1996 to September 7, 1996 ONE HUNDRED AND EIGHTEENTH LEGISLATURE FIRST REGULAR SESSION December 4, 1996 to March 27, 1997 FIRST SPECIAL SESSION March 27, 1997 to June 20, 1997 THE GENERAL EFFECTIVE DATE FOR FIRST REGULAR SESSION NON-EMERGENCY LAWS IS JUNE 26, 1997 FIRST SPECIAL SESSION NON-EMERGENCY LAWS IS SEPTEMBER 19, 1997 PUBLISHED BY THE REVISOR OF STATUTES IN ACCORDANCE WITH MAINE REVISED STATUTES ANNOTATED, TITLE 3, SECTION 163-A, SUBSECTION 4. J.S. McCarthy Company Augusta, Maine 1997 CIVIL GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF MAINE FOR THE POLITICAL YEARS 1997 AND 1998 CONSTITUTIONAL OFFICERS Governor Angus S. King, Jr. Secretary of State Dan A. Gwadosky Attorney General Andrew Ketterer Treasurer of State Dale McCormick State Auditor Gail M. Chase IX EXECUTIVE BRANCH STATE DEPARTMENTS Governor Angus S. King, Jr. Administrative and Financial Services, Department of Human Services, Department of Commissioner .......................................... Janet Waldron Commissioner ................................... Kevin Concannon Agriculture, Food and Rural Resources, Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife, Department of Commissioner ........................................ Ed McLaughlin Commissioner ................................. Ray “Bucky” Owen Audit, Department of Labor, Department of State Auditor ............................................ Gail M. Chase Commissioner ........................................ Valerie Landry Conservation, Department of Marine Resources, Department of Commissioner ...................................... Ronald Lovaglio Commissioner ............................................ Robin Alden Corrections, Department of Mental Health, Mental Retardation and Substance Abuse Commissioner ................................... Martin Magnusson Services, Department of Defense and Veterans’ Services, Department of Commissioner ........................................... Melodie Peet Commissioner .............................................. Earl Adams Professional and Financial Regulation, Department of Economic and Community Development, Department of Commissioner ............................... S. Catherine Longley Commissioner ................................... Thomas McBrierty Public Safety, Department of Education, Department of Commissioner ................................. Alfred Skolfield, Jr. Commissioner ..................................... J. Duke Albanese Transportation, Department of Environmental Protection, Department of Commissioner ........................................... John Melrose Commissioner ............................................ Ned Sullivan EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT Public Advocate ..................................... Stephen G. Ward State Planning Office Director ..................................................... Evan Richert SELECTED BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS Governor’s Committee on Employment of People with Workers’ Compensation Board Disabilities Chair........ ............................................ ...Charlie Weeks Executive Secretary ............................... Ronald Hanson Public Utilities Commission Maine Human Rights Commission Chair........... ..................................................Tom Welch Executive Director .................................... Patricia Ryan Bureau of Alcoholic Beverages and Lottery Operations Director ....................................................... Eben Marsh SELECTED INDEPENDENT AGENCIES Baxter State Park Authority Maine State Retirement System Commissioner ................................. Ray “Bucky” Owen Executive Director ................................... Claude Perrier Maine State Housing Authority Maine Turnpike Authority Director ...................................................... David Lakari Chair ........................................................ Julian Coles Maine Maritime Academy Maine Municipal Bond Bank President .................................................. Leonard Tyler Chair ........................................... Stephen R. Crockett Maine Port Authority Finance Authority of Maine Chair...... ................................................... John Melrose Director ............................................ Timothy P. Agnew X JUDICIAL BRANCH SUPREME JUDICIAL COURT Chief Justice Daniel E. Wathen ............................................................................................................................................. Augusta Associate Justices Robert W. Clifford ................................................. Auburn Kermit V. Lipez.................................................... Portland Howard H. Dana, Jr. ........................................... Portland David G. Roberts .................................................. Portland Caroline D. Glassman .......................................... Portland Paul L. Rudman ......................................................Bangor Active Retired Justices James P. Archibald ............................................... Houlton Samuel W. Collins, Jr. ....................................... Rockland SUPERIOR COURT Chief Justice Roland A. Cole ............................................................................................................................................... Portland Justices Donald G. Alexander ............................................ Augusta Margaret J. Kravchuk .............................................Bangor John R. Atwood .................................................... Augusta Donald H. Marden ................................................ Augusta Carl O. Bradford .................................................. Portland Francis C. Marsano ................................................ Belfast G. Arthur Brennan .................................................. Alfred Andrew M. Mead ...................................................Bangor Susan W. Calkins ................................................. Portland Nancy D. Mills ..................................................... Portland Robert E. Crowley .................................................. Alfred Paul T. Pierson ..................................................... Caribou Thomas E. Delahanty, II ........................................ Auburn Leigh I. Saufley .................................................... Portland Paul A. Fritzsche .................................................. Portland Active Retired Justices William S. Broderick ........................................... Portland William E. McKinley ........................................... Portland Robert L. Browne .................................................. Bangor Stephen L. Perkins ............................................... Portland Ian MacInnes ......................................................... Bangor XI DISTRICT COURT S. Kirk Studstrup (Chief Judge) ...................................................................................................................... Portland Andre G. Janelle (Deputy Chief Judge) ........................................................................................................ Biddeford Resident Judges William R. Anderson ........................................ Waterville Jeffrey L. Hjelm ......................................................Bangor John B. Beliveau ................................................. Lewiston Thomas E. Humphrey ................................................ York Jane S. Bradley .................................................... Portland Jon D. Levy ............................................................... York Douglas A. Clapp............................................ Farmington James MacMicheal .......................................... Skowhegan Paul A. Cote, Jr. .................................................. Lewiston Alexander A. MacNichol...................................... Portland Ronald A. Daigle .................................................. Caribou Robert E. Mullen .................................................. Augusta Joseph H. Field ................................................. West Bath Courtland D. Perry, II ........................................... Augusta Christine Foster.................................................... Portland John V. Romel ...................................................... Machias Rae Ann French ................................................ Waterville Ronald D. Russell...................................................Bangor Peter J. Goranites ................................................. Portland John C. Sheldon .............................................. South Paris Ellen Gorman ...................................................... Lewiston Bernard C. Staples .................................................. Belfast David B. Griffiths .......................................... Presque Isle Michael N. Wescott ............................................ Rockland Jesse B. Gunther ....................................... Dover-Foxcroft Active Retired F. Davis Clark ........................................... Dover-Foxcroft Robert