| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows: |
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| | Sec. 1. 34-A MRSA §1403, sub-§10, as enacted by PL 1993, c. 682, §1 | and amended by PL 1999, c. 401, Pt. J, §4, is further amended to | read: |
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| | 10. Client benefit welfare account. The commissioner shall | provide an accounting of all inmate client benefit welfare | accounts and of the student welfare fund at the Southern Maine | Juvenile Facility each fiscal year to the joint select committee | of the Legislature having jurisdiction over corrections matters. | The annual accounting must include total income for the year, | total expenditures for the year, anticipated capital and | operating expenditures from these accounts in the next fiscal | year and balances in the accounts. Nothing in this subsection | may change the nature of these accounts as internal management | tools. |
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| | Sec. 2. 34-A MRSA §1403, sub-§11 is enacted to read: |
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| | 11.__Contracting agent.__The chief administrative officer is | the contracting agent for all sales of articles from a | correctional facility and for all other contracts made on behalf | of the correctional facility except those made by the State | Purchasing Agent. |
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| A.__All contracts must be made in the manner prescribed by | the commissioner. |
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| B.__A contract may not be accepted by the chief | administrative officer, unless the contractor gives | satisfactory security for its performance. |
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| C.__An employee of the correctional facility may not be | directly or indirectly interested in any contract. |
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| | Sec. 3. 34-A MRSA §3001, sub-§1, as amended by PL 1991, c. 314, §26, | is further amended to read: |
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| | 1. Appointment. The commissioner may appoint chief | administrative officers as necessary for the proper performance | of the functions of the department, subject to the Civil Service | Law. |
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| A. To be eligible for appointment as a chief administrative | officer, a person must be experienced in the management of | the particular type of facility to which that person is | assigned. |
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