LD 1600
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pleasure of the commissioner:__deputy commissioner; Game Warden
Colonel; and Assistant to the Commissioner for Public
Information.

 
The Game Warden Colonel is appointed from among the game wardens
of the department.__In the event that the Game Warden Colonel is
not reappointed, the Game Warden Colonel has the right to be
restored to the classified position from which the Game Warden
Colonel was promoted or to a position equivalent in salary grade
in an agency, without impairment of personnel status or the loss
of seniority, retirement or other rights to which uninterrupted
service in the classified position would have entitled the Game
Warden Colonel.__If service in that unclassified supervisory
position is terminated for cause, the right to be restored to
that position must be determined by the State Civil Service
Appeals Board.

 
4.__Report to Governor.__The commissioner shall make a report
to the Governor on or before the 31st day of December of each
year for the year ending the previous June 30th.

 
5.__Code of operating procedure of warden service.__The
commissioner shall prepare a written code covering the operating
procedure of the warden service that is consistent with the Civil
Service Law and contractual agreements.

 
6.__Administration of department.__The commissioner shall
adopt written policies establishing procedures to control the use
of department equipment and vehicles. The commissioner shall
review and control all administrative expenses, including
reimbursement of moving expenses.

 
7.__Copies of laws for town clerks or agents.__The
commissioner shall keep on hand at all times sufficient copies of
abstracts of the inland fisheries and wildlife laws to furnish to
all town clerks or agents authorized to issue licenses, so that
they have copies available to issue with every license.

 
8.__Biennial revision of fish and wildlife laws.__As soon as
practicable after the adjournment of the Legislature, the Revisor
of Statutes, with the assistance of the commissioner, shall issue
a revision of all the public laws relating to inland fisheries
and wildlife. The revision must be printed in a pamphlet of the
same size pages as the Maine Revised Statutes Annotated, and its
printing and distribution must be the same as that of the
biennial laws, except that the commissioner may issue as many
extra copies of this Part in a pamphlet of whatever size seems
best to inform the people about the fish and wildlife laws.

 
9.__Availability of financial statement.__The commissioner
shall make the annual financial statement for the department


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