Sec. 1. 34-A MRSA §1403, sub-§10, as enacted by PL 1993, c. 682, §1 and amended by PL 1999, c. 401, Pt. J, §4, is further amended to read:

10. Client benefit welfare account. The commissioner shall provide an accounting of all inmate client benefit welfare accounts and of the student welfare fund at the Southern Maine Juvenile Facility each fiscal year to the joint select committee of the Legislature having jurisdiction over corrections matters. The annual accounting must include total income for the year, total expenditures for the year, anticipated capital and operating expenditures from these accounts in the next fiscal year and balances in the accounts. Nothing in this subsection may change the nature of these accounts as internal management tools.

Sec. 2. 34-A MRSA §1403, sub-§11 is enacted to read:

11.__Contracting agent.__The chief administrative officer is the contracting agent for all sales of articles from a correctional facility and for all other contracts made on behalf of the correctional facility except those made by the State Purchasing Agent.

A.__All contracts must be made in the manner prescribed by the commissioner.

B.__A contract may not be accepted by the chief administrative officer, unless the contractor gives satisfactory security for its performance.

C.__An employee of the correctional facility may not be directly or indirectly interested in any contract.

Sec. 3. 34-A MRSA §3001, sub-§1, as amended by PL 1991, c. 314, §26, is further amended to read:

1. Appointment. The commissioner may appoint chief administrative officers as necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the department, subject to the Civil Service Law.

A. To be eligible for appointment as a chief administrative officer, a person must be experienced in the management of the particular type of facility to which that person is assigned.