| | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows: |
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| | | Sec. 1. 19-A MRSA §4013, sub-§1, ķA, as amended by PL 1997, c. 507, §2, | | is further amended to read: |
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| | | A. The Governor shall name the chair from among the | | following members: |
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| | | (1) Two members, appointed by the Governor, who are | representatives of the statewide coalition of family | crisis services domestic violence projects; |
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| | | (1-A)__Two members, appointed by the Governor, who are | | representatives of the statewide coalition of sexual | | assault services; |
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| | (2) Two members One member, appointed by the Governor, | one of whom has experience counseling abusers, who are | representatives is a representative of the family | counseling profession a mental health profession; |
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| | | (3) One member, appointed by the Governor, who is a | | representative of victims of domestic violence; |
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| | | (3-A)__One member, appointed by the Governor, who is a | | representative of victims of sexual assault; |
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| | | (4) Two members, appointed by the Governor, one of | | whom has experience representing victims of domestic | | abuse, who are attorneys with experience in domestic | | relations cases; |
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| | (5) One person member, appointed by the Governor, who | | was a victim of domestic abuse and used the court | | system; |
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| | | (5-A)__One member, appointed by the Governor, who was a | | victim of sexual assault and used the court system; |
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| | | (6) One member, appointed by the Governor, who is a | | district attorney or assistant district attorney; |
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| | | (7) One member, appointed by the Governor, who is | | chief of a municipal police department; |
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| | | (8) One member, appointed by the Governor, who is a | | county sheriff; |
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