| 2.__Filing of rules. The commissioner may file certified |
copies of all rules adopted by the commissioner and any and all |
amendments to the rules with the clerks of the District Court and |
Superior Court. These certified copies are considered official |
publications of the State for all purposes, including, but not |
limited to, the Maine Rules of Civil Procedure, Rule 44(a)(1) and |
the Maine Rules of Evidence, Rule 902 (5), and judicial notice |
must be taken accordingly.__A facsimile of the signature of the |
commissioner imprinted by or at the commissioner's discretion |
upon any such certificate of true copy has the same validity as |
the commissioner's written signature. |