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

 
Sec. 1. 3 MRSA §959, sub-§1, ¶H, as amended by PL 2003, c. 600, §1, is
further amended to read:

 
H. The joint standing committee of the Legislature having
jurisdiction over judiciary matters shall use the following
list as a guideline for scheduling reviews:

 
(2) Maine Human Rights Commission in 2009; and

 
(3) Maine Indian Tribal-State Commission in 2011; and

 
(4) Department of the Attorney General in 2011.

 
Sec. 2. 5 MRSA §1710-K, sub-§1, ¶F, as amended by PL 1997, c. 764, §1,
is further amended to read:

 
F. "State agency" means an executive department, executive
agency, independent agency, organization, corporation or
association that receives a direct appropriation or
allocation from the State or is required to comply with
chapter 149, except that for the purposes of this chapter
"state agency" does not include the Maine Sardine Council,
the Maine Lobster Promotion Council, the Maine Potato Board,
the Maine Dairy Promotion Board, the Maine Dairy and
Nutrition Council, the Maine Blueberry Commission or the
Maine Indian Intergovernmental Tribal-State Commission
Board. "State agency" does not include the legislative
branch or the judicial branch.

 
Sec. 3. 5 MRSA §12002, sub-§1, ¶G, as enacted by PL 1993, c. 489, §3,
is amended to read:

 
G. The Maine Indian Intergovernmental Tribal-State
Commission Board, as established in Title 30, section 6212,
subsection 1, as part of the Maine Indian Claims Settlement.

 
Sec. 4. 12 MRSA §685-C, sub-§10, as enacted by PL 1997, c. 739, §1, is
amended to read:

 
10. Operating personal watercraft. Operating a personal
watercraft is prohibited on the following categories of great
ponds:

 
A. Great ponds located entirely or partly within the
jurisdiction of the commission that are identified in an official
comprehensive land use plan adopted by the commission pursuant to
subsection 1 as being not accessible within 1/4 mile by 2-wheel
drive vehicles, with less than


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