CHAPTER 337

S.P. 270 - L.D. 815

An Act To Require That Directors within the Department of

Agriculture, Food and Rural Resources Be Unclassified

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:

Sec. 1. 5 MRSA §933, sub-§1, ¶A, as amended by PL 1997, c. 643, Pt. NN, §1, is further amended to read:

A. Deputy Commissioner.;

Sec. 2. 5 MRSA §933, sub-§1, ¶¶J to N are enacted to read:

J.__Director, Office of Agricultural, Natural and Rural Resources;

K.__Director, Division of Plant Industry;

L.__Director, Division of Animal Health and Industry;

M.__Director, Division of Market and Production Development; and

N.__Director, Division of Quality Assurance and Regulation.'

Sec. 3. 7 MRSA §3, as repealed and replaced by PL 1979, c. 731, §8, is amended by adding after the first paragraph a new paragraph to read:

Directors are unclassified employees and are appointed by the commissioner.

Sec. 4. Transition. Persons serving as division directors within the Department of Agriculture, Food and Rural Resources on the effective date of this Act continue to serve as classified employees until January 2, 2007.