An Act Regarding the Terms of Office of the Director of the Maine State Museum Commission, the State Librarian and the Director of the Maine Arts Commission
Maine Legislature, Session 130, LD 1206
Committee: Education and Cultural Affairs
Sponsors: DAUGHTRY
Amends: 27 MRSA §84-A, 27 MRSA §112, 27 MRSA §403-A

Legislative Document
No. 1206
S.P. 392
In Senate, March 24, 2021
An Act Regarding the Terms of Office of the Director of the Maine 
State Museum Commission, the State Librarian and the Director of 
the Maine Arts Commission
Received by the Secretary of the Senate on March 22, 2021.  Referred to the Committee on 
Education and Cultural Affairs pursuant to Joint Rule 308.2 and ordered printed.
DAREK M. GRANT
Secretary of the Senate
Presented by Senator DAUGHTRY of Cumberland.  (GOVERNOR'S BILL)
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:
Sec. 1.  27 MRSA §84-A, as amended by PL 1991, c. 591, Pt. E, §30, is further 
amended to read:
§84-A.  Museum director; appointment
The Director of the Maine State Museum Commission must be qualified by training or 
by experience in museum work and is appointed by the Maine State Museum Commission.  
The director shall serve for an indefinite term, subject to removal for cause at the pleasure 
of the Maine State Museum Commission.  The commission Maine State Museum 
Commission shall fix compensation for the director within salary range 88.
Sec. 2.  27 MRSA §112, as amended by PL 2019, c. 150, §11, is further amended by 
amending the section headnote to read:
§112.  -- Maine Library Commission functions
Sec. 3.  27 MRSA §112, first ¶, as enacted by PL 1973, c. 626, §6, is amended to 
read:
The library commission Maine Library Commission shall:
Sec. 4.  27 MRSA §112, sub-§1, as amended by PL 1991, c. 591, Pt. E, §31, is 
further amended to read:
1.  Appointment of State Librarian.  Appoint the State Librarian.  The State Librarian 
must be qualified through training or experience in library work.  The State Librarian shall 
serve for an indefinite term, subject to removal for cause at the pleasure of the Maine 
Library Commission.  The commission Maine Library Commission shall fix compensation 
for the State Librarian within salary range 88;
Sec. 5.  27 MRSA §403-A, as amended by PL 1991, c. 591, Pt. E, §32, is further 
amended to read:
§403-A.  Director of Maine Arts Commission; appointment
The Director of the Maine Arts Commission must be qualified by training or experience 
and is appointed by the Maine Arts Commission.  The director shall serve for an indefinite 
term subject to removal for cause at the pleasure of the Maine Arts Commission.  The 
commission Maine Arts Commission shall fix compensation for the director within salary 
range 88.
Sec. 6.  Application.  This Act does not apply to a Director of the Maine State 
Museum Commission appointed pursuant to the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 27, section 
84-A, a State Librarian appointed pursuant to Title 27, section 112, subsection 1 or a 
Director of the Maine Arts Commission appointed pursuant to Title 27, section 403-A who 
was appointed before January 1, 2021.
Sec. 7.  Retroactivity. This Act applies retroactively to January 1, 2021.
SUMMARY
Under current law, the Director of the Maine State Museum Commission, the State 
Librarian and the Director of the Maine Arts Commission serve for an indefinite term 
subject to removal for cause.  This bill makes these officers serve at the pleasure of their 
respective appointing authorities effective on and retroactive to January 1, 2021, but 
exempts any of these officers who were appointed before January 1, 2021 from this change.