| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows: |
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| | Sec. 1. 32 MRSA c. 134 is enacted to read: |
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| LEGAL DOCUMENT TECHNICIANS |
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| | As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise | indicates, the following terms have the following meanings. |
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| | 1.__Commissioner.__"Commissioner" means the Commissioner of | Professional and Financial Regulation. |
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| | 2.__Department.__"Department" means the Department of | Professional and Financial Regulation. |
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| | 3.__Legal document technician.__"Legal document technician" | means a person who, for compensation, provides a legal form to a | client or completes, files or serves a legal form pursuant to a | specific request by a client. |
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| §15302.__Commissioner; powers and duties |
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| | The commissioner or the commissioner's designee has the | following powers and duties in addition to all other powers and | duties set forth in this chapter. |
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| | 1.__Standards.__The commissioner shall administer and enforce | standards under this chapter. |
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| | 2.__Rules.__The commissioner shall adopt routine technical | rules in accordance with Title 5, chapter 375, subchapter II-A to | carry out the purposes of this chapter. |
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| | 3.__Complaints.__The commissioner shall investigate all | complaints and cases of noncompliance concerning violations of | this chapter or rules adopted by the department, made on the | commissioner's own motion or on written complaint filed with the | department. |
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| | 4.__Contracts.__The commissioner may enter into contracts to | carry out the commissioner's duties under this chapter. |
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| | 5.__Hearings.__The commissioner may conduct hearings to assist | with investigations and to determine whether grounds exist for | denial, suspension, revocation or refusal to renew a license or | other actions necessary to the fulfillment of the commissioner's | duties under this chapter. |
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