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(2) Board of Directors, Maine Municipal and Rural
Electrification Cooperative Agency in 1999;

 
(3) Public Utilities Commission in 1999; and

 
(4) The Emergency Services Communication Bureau
within the Department of Public Safety in 2001.

 
Sec. 3. 5 MRSA §3327, sub-§1, ¶D, as enacted by PL 2001, c. 630, §1,
is repealed.

 
Sec. 4. 7 MRSA §2954-B, sub-§5, as enacted by PL 1985, c. 42, §2, is
amended to read:

 
5. Select Committee on Milk Pricing. There shall must be a
Select Committee on Milk Pricing consisting of 10 9 members to
advise the study panel on the design of the study and on the
options and policies to be evaluated. The committee shall be
is composed of 3 members of the House of Representatives,
appointed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives, one
of whom shall represent each political party; 2 members of the
Senate, appointed by the President of the Senate, one of whom
shall be is chosen to represent each political party; and 3
members named by the Governor, one of whom shall be is
knowledgeable of the dairy processing industry, one of whom
shall be is knowledgeable of milk retailing and one milk
producer who is knowledgeable of marketing systems. The Public
Advocate or his designee shall also serve on the committee,
representing consumer interests. The Commissioner of
Agriculture, Food and Rural Resources shall serve ex officio
as chairman chair of the committee.

 
Sec. 5. 24-A MRSA §2387-A, as enacted by PL 1991, c. 885, Pt. B,
§12 and affected by §13, is repealed.

 
Sec. 6. 35-A MRSA §114, sub-§3, as enacted by PL 1987, c. 141, Pt.
A, §6, is amended to read:

 
3. In camera inspection. Upon request by the commission
staff, the Public Advocate or intervenor in a matter before
the commission or upon the commission's own motion and for
good cause shown, the commission may order a public utility to
produce for in camera inspection by the commission or hearing
examiner the records designated confidential under subsection
1. The employee whose records are the subject of such a
request shall must be notified by the commission of the
request and shall must be given the opportunity to be heard
before an order to produce is issued. If the commission or
hearing examiner determines after in camera inspection that a
record is reasonably relevant to the matter before it and that
production of the record is not unjust or unlawful and that
the materiality of the record outweighs any


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