Sec. 1. 30-A MRSA §1, sub-§4 is enacted to read:

4.__County official.__"County official" means any elected or appointed member of a county government.

Sec. 2. 30-A MRSA §2, sub-§1-B, as amended by PL 2001, c. 161, §1 and affected by §2, is further amended to read:

1-B. County officers' salaries. Notwithstanding other sections of this chapter, counties that are not required to obtain legislative approval of their budgets under section 702 are not required to obtain legislative approval of the salaries of county officers under this section. The county commissioners, treasurers, sheriffs, judges of probate, registers of probate and registers of deeds in those counties whose budgets require required legislative approval under former section 702 are entitled to receive in weekly, biweekly or monthly payments annual salaries from the county treasury as follows:

1998

A. Androscoggin County:

(1) Commissioners

(a) Chair $6,536

(b) Members 5,595

(2) Treasurer 21,007

(3) Sheriff 33,455

(4) Judge of Probate 12,689

(5) Register of Probate 10,712

(6) Register of Deeds 27,495

2001

B. Kennebec County:

(1) Commissioners

(a) Chair $8,531