§1. Residence; office hours; secretary; salary
The Governor is entitled to reside in the Governor's official residence at Augusta during the Governor's term of office and shall keep an office at the State House open for the transaction of the business of the State during all normal working hours of the State House. [PL 2019, c. 475, §6 (AMD).]
In the absence of the Governor, the Governor's private secretary must be in attendance and the private secretary shall devote the private secretary's entire time to the duties of the Governor's office. [PL 2019, c. 475, §6 (AMD).]
Until the first Wednesday of January 1987, the Governor receives an annual salary of $35,000. Beginning the first Wednesday of January 1987, the Governor is entitled to receive an annual salary of $70,000. [PL 2019, c. 475, §6 (AMD).]
A former Governor may accept as a personal gift from the State at the end of the Governor's final term the desk and chair used by that Governor as Governor. [PL 2019, c. 475, §6 (AMD).]
SECTION HISTORY
PL 1965, c. 412, §1 (AMD). PL 1973, c. 597 (AMD). PL 1983, c. 477, Pt. E, Subpt. 24, §§1, 2 (AMD). PL 1985, c. 693, §1 (AMD). PL 1987, c. 437, §1 (AMD). PL 1993, c. 361, §B1 (AMD). PL 2019, c. 475, §6 (AMD).
Structure Maine Revised Statutes
2 §1. Residence; office hours; secretary; salary
2 §3. Expense account of Governor-elect
2 §4. Acceptance of federal grants
2 §6. Salaries subject to adjustment by Governor
2 §6-A. Salaries of commissioners and certain employees of the Public Utilities Commission
2 §6-B. Salaries of certain employees of the Maine Health Care Finance Commission (REPEALED)
2 §6-C. Salary of Executive Director of the Board of Licensure in Medicine
2 §6-E. Salaries of certain employees of the Workers' Compensation Board
2 §7. Constitutional officers and regulatory boards (REPEALED)
2 §8. Land use mediation; obligation to participate