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39-A ME Rev Stat § 905 (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 39-A: WORKERS' COMPENSATION|Part 3: EMPLOYER'S LIABILITY|Chapter 19: EMPLOYER'S LIABILITY|39-A §905. Notice of injury; requisites; sufficiency; limitation of actions

 §905. Notice of injury; requisites; sufficiency; limitation of actions An action for the recovery of damages for injury or death under sections 901 to 904 may not be maintained unless notice of the time, place and cause of the injury is given to the employer within 60 days and the action is commenced within one year after the accident that causes the injury or death. The notice must be in writing, signed by the person injured or by a person in behalf of the person. If it is impossible from physical or mental incapacity for the person injured to give the notice within the time provided in this section, the person may give it within 10 days after the incapacity has been removed, and if the person dies without having given the notice and without having been for 10 days at any time after the injury of sufficient capacity to give it, the person's executor or administrator may give such notice within 60 days after appointment. A notice given under this section is not invalid or insufficient solely by reason of an inaccuracy in stating the time, place or cause of the injury, if it is shown that there was no intention to mislead and that the employer was not in fact misled by the inaccuracy.   [PL 1991, c. 885, Pt. A, §8 (NEW); PL 1991, c. 885, Pt. A, §§9-11 (AFF).]If a notice given under this section is claimed by the employer to be insufficient for any reason, the employer shall notify in writing the person giving it within 10 days, stating the insufficiency claimed to exist, and the person whose duty it is to give the notice may, within 30 days, give a new notice with the same effect as if originally given.   [PL 1991, c. 885, Pt. A, §8 (NEW); PL 1991, c. 885, Pt. A, §§9-11 (AFF).]SECTION HISTORY PL 1991, c. 885, §A8 (NEW). PL 1991, c. 885, §§A9-11 (AFF).
39-A ME Rev Stat § 906 (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 39-A: WORKERS' COMPENSATION|Part 3: EMPLOYER'S LIABILITY|Chapter 19: EMPLOYER'S LIABILITY|39-A §906. Liability not barred by contracts with independent contractors

 §906. Liability not barred by contracts with independent contractors If an employer enters into a contract, written or verbal, with an independent contractor to do part of the employer's work, or if an independent contractor enters into a contract with a subcontractor to do all or any part of the work comprised in the contractor's contract with the employer, the contract or subcontract does not bar the liability of the employer for injuries to the employees of the contractor or subcontractor, caused by any defect in the condition of the ways, works, machinery or plant, if they are the property of the employer or are furnished by the employer and if the defect arose, or had not been discovered or remedied, through the negligence of the employer or of some person entrusted by the employer with the duty of seeing that they were in proper condition.   [PL 1991, c. 885, Pt. A, §8 (NEW); PL 1991, c. 885, Pt. A, §§9-11 (AFF).]SECTION HISTORY PL 1991, c. 885, §A8 (NEW). PL 1991, c. 885, §§A9-11 (AFF).
39-A ME Rev Stat § 907 (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 39-A: WORKERS' COMPENSATION|Part 3: EMPLOYER'S LIABILITY|Chapter 19: EMPLOYER'S LIABILITY|39-A §907. Employee's knowledge of defect or negligence

 §907. Employee's knowledge of defect or negligence An employee or the employee's legal representatives are not entitled under sections 901 to 904 to any right of action for damages against the employer if the employee knew of the defect or negligence that caused the injury and failed within a reasonable time to give, or cause to be given, information about the defect to the employer or to some person superior to the employee in the service of the employer who was entrusted with general superintendence.   [PL 1991, c. 885, Pt. A, §8 (NEW); PL 1991, c. 885, Pt. A, §§9-11 (AFF).]SECTION HISTORY PL 1991, c. 885, §A8 (NEW). PL 1991, c. 885, §§A9-11 (AFF).
39-A ME Rev Stat § 908 (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 39-A: WORKERS' COMPENSATION|Part 3: EMPLOYER'S LIABILITY|Chapter 19: EMPLOYER'S LIABILITY|39-A §908. Scope of sections 901 to 907; effect of judgment or settlement

 §908. Scope of sections 901 to 907; effect of judgment or settlement Sections 901 to 907 do not apply to injuries caused to domestic servants or farm laborers by fellow employees or to those engaged in cutting, hauling or driving logs. Nothing in sections 901 to 907 may be construed to abridge any common-law rights or remedies which the employee may have against the employer, but a judgment recovered under sections 901 to 907 or a settlement of any action commenced or claim made for death or injury under the provisions of those sections is a bar to any claim made or action begun to recover for the same injury or the same death, under the common law or under any other statute.   [PL 1991, c. 885, Pt. A, §8 (NEW); PL 1991, c. 885, Pt. A, §§9-11 (AFF).]SECTION HISTORY PL 1991, c. 885, §A8 (NEW). PL 1991, c. 885, §§A9-11 (AFF).
39-A ME Rev Stat § 909 (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 39-A: WORKERS' COMPENSATION|Part 3: EMPLOYER'S LIABILITY|Chapter 19: EMPLOYER'S LIABILITY|39-A §909. Contracts for exemption

 §909. Contracts for exemption A person may not, by a special contract with the employer's employees, exempt the employer or another person from liability under which the employer may be to them for injuries suffered by them in the employment of the employer and resulting from the negligence of the employer or the other person, or of a person in the employ of the employer.   [PL 1991, c. 885, Pt. A, §8 (NEW); PL 1991, c. 885, Pt. A, §§9-11 (AFF).]SECTION HISTORY PL 1991, c. 885, §A8 (NEW). PL 1991, c. 885, §§A9-11 (AFF).
5 ME Rev Stat § 1 (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 5: ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURES AND SERVICES|Part 1: STATE DEPARTMENTS|Chapter 1: STATE OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES GENERALLY|Subchapter 1: GENERAL PROVISIONS|5 §1. Appointment of temporary officials; removal; salary

 §1. Appointment of temporary officials; removal; salary In order to provide for the uninterrupted and orderly functioning of any agency, board, commission or department of the State Government during a vacancy in the office of the appointive or elective head thereof and whenever there is no state official, deputy, assistant or other state employee duly authorized by law to exercise the powers and perform the duties of such appointive or elective head during such vacancy, the Governor is empowered to appoint a temporary deputy commissioner to exercise the powers and perform the duties of the appointive or elective head of such office during such vacancy. The term of office of such temporary deputy commissioner so appointed shall be at the pleasure of the Governor and shall not extend beyond the date of qualification of a successor to the office of appointive or elective head of such agency, board, commission or department or 60 days from the date of his appointment, whichever shall first occur. The term of office of such a temporary deputy commissioner so appointed to an office to which appointments are by law subject to confirmation by the Legislature shall be at the pleasure of the Governor and shall not extend beyond the date of qualification of a successor appointed to such office or 6 months from the date of appointment, whichever shall first occur. Such temporary deputy commissioner shall not be eligible for reappointment. Such temporary deputy commissioner shall be appointed from the personnel of the agency, board, commission or department in which such vacancy occurs.   [PL 1975, c. 771, §23 (AMD).]During the term of such appointment, the temporary deputy commissioner shall be paid a salary to be determined by the Governor but not to exceed that received by the appointive or elective head at the termination of his services with the State Government.   In the event an employee in the classified service of the State Government is appointed as a temporary deputy commissioner he shall, during the term of his appointment as temporary deputy commissioner, retain all of the rights and all of the retirement benefits to which he may be entitled as a classified employee of the State Government.   SECTION HISTORY PL 1975, c. 771, §23 (AMD).
5 ME Rev Stat § 2 (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 5: ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURES AND SERVICES|Part 1: STATE DEPARTMENTS|Chapter 1: STATE OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES GENERALLY|Subchapter 1: GENERAL PROVISIONS|5 §2. Tenure of office; citizenship

 §2. Tenure of office; citizenship All civil officers, appointed in accordance with law, whose tenure of office is not fixed by law or limited by the Constitution of Maine, otherwise than during the pleasure of the Governor, except persons appointed to qualify civil officers, shall hold their respective offices for 4 years and no longer, unless reappointed, and shall be subject to removal at any time within that term by the Governor for cause.   [PL 1981, c. 456, Pt. A, §13 (AMD).]All such officers so appointed shall be citizens of the United States of America.   SECTION HISTORY PL 1975, c. 771, §24 (AMD). PL 1981, c. 456, §A13 (AMD).
5 ME Rev Stat § 3 (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 5: ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURES AND SERVICES|Part 1: STATE DEPARTMENTS|Chapter 1: STATE OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES GENERALLY|Subchapter 1: GENERAL PROVISIONS|5 §3. Civil officers serve until successors qualify

 §3. Civil officers serve until successors qualify All civil officers, other than judicial officers, appointed in accordance with law and whose terms of office are fixed by law, shall hold office during the term for which they were appointed and until their successors in office have been appointed and qualified, unless sooner removed in accordance with law.   [PL 1975, c. 771, §25 (RPR).]SECTION HISTORY PL 1975, c. 771, §25 (RPR).
5 ME Rev Stat § 4 (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 5: ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURES AND SERVICES|Part 1: STATE DEPARTMENTS|Chapter 1: STATE OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES GENERALLY|Subchapter 1: GENERAL PROVISIONS|5 §4. Dedimus justices; appointment

 §4. Dedimus justices; appointment The Governor may appoint in every county persons who shall be designated as dedimus justices, before whom the oath required by the Constitution to qualify civil officers may be taken and subscribed. Such persons shall exercise their powers and duties, and shall be commissioned to act within and for every county.   [PL 1975, c. 771, §26 (AMD).]SECTION HISTORY PL 1975, c. 771, §26 (AMD).
5 ME Rev Stat § 5 (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 5: ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURES AND SERVICES|Part 1: STATE DEPARTMENTS|Chapter 1: STATE OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES GENERALLY|Subchapter 1: GENERAL PROVISIONS|5 §5. Oath of office; before whom taken

 §5. Oath of office; before whom taken The Justices of the Supreme Judicial Court and of the Superior Court, the Judges of the District Court and all state officials elected by the Legislature shall take and subscribe the oath or affirmation required by the Constitution, before the Governor. Every other person elected or appointed to any civil office shall take and subscribe the oath before any dedimus justice commissioned by the Governor for that purpose, except when the Constitution otherwise provides. A newly appointed notary public shall take and subscribe the oath or affirmation before a dedimus justice as required by section 82, subsection 3‑A.   [PL 2009, c. 74, §2 (AMD).]SECTION HISTORY PL 1975, c. 771, §27 (RPR). PL 1987, c. 736, §4 (AMD). PL 2001, c. 667, §C1 (AMD). PL 2009, c. 74, §2 (AMD).
5 ME Rev Stat § 6 (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 5: ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURES AND SERVICES|Part 1: STATE DEPARTMENTS|Chapter 1: STATE OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES GENERALLY|Subchapter 1: GENERAL PROVISIONS|5 §6. Officials have 30 days to qualify

 §6. Officials have 30 days to qualify All public officers appointed or renewed in accordance with law shall, within 30 days after being commissioned, qualify to perform the duties of their office and the certificate of qualification must be filed in the office of the Secretary of State. Any officer who fails to qualify within 30 days and file a certificate of qualification in the office of the Secretary of State within 45 days must be suspended by the Secretary of State until the defect is corrected. During this suspension, the officer may be deemed to have forfeited the appointment and the office may be declared vacant by the appointing authority and a new appointment made.   [PL 1991, c. 837, Pt. A, §7 (AMD).]SECTION HISTORY PL 1975, c. 87, §1 (AMD). PL 1975, c. 771, §28 (AMD). PL 1981, c. 456, §A14 (AMD). PL 1991, c. 837, §A7 (AMD).
5 ME Rev Stat § 7 (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 5: ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURES AND SERVICES|Part 1: STATE DEPARTMENTS|Chapter 1: STATE OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES GENERALLY|Subchapter 1: GENERAL PROVISIONS|5 §7. State-owned motor vehicles

 §7. State-owned motor vehicles The State may provide motor vehicles for the travel of state employees in a number to be determined by the Legislature. Each state department or commission head shall promulgate written policy concerning the use of state-owned motor vehicles, assigned to his department or commission, which shall include, but not be limited to, a definition of the use of state-owned motor vehicles which constitute use in the conduct of state business and which distinguishes such use from private use.   [PL 1969, c. 544, §1 (RPR).]The Legislature finds that the energy crisis requires State Government to act as a leader in the conservation of energy. In order to achieve that end, it is necessary for the State to consume less energy, particularly in the area of transportation. The Legislature, therefore, declares it to be in the public interest that the fleet of new motor vehicles purchased for the travel of state employees meet the federal fleet mileage standards.   [PL 1977, c. 376, §1 (NEW).]Any state employee or official who misuses a state-owned motor vehicle shall be liable for the actual costs of such use and in addition may be subjected to appropriate disciplinary action, including suspension from employment.   [PL 1969, c. 544, §1 (RPR).]All state-owned vehicles, except as otherwise provided, shall display special registration plates, approved by the Secretary of State, plainly designating them as state-owned motor vehicles. They may in addition display a marker or insignia, approved by the Secretary of State, plainly designating them as state-owned. Motor vehicles used by departments, commissions or agencies charged by law with law enforcement or investigatory functions, if used for those purposes by personnel who have full-time law enforcement or investigatory duties, shall not be required to display a special registration plate.   [PL 1969, c. 544, §1 (RPR).]The Legislative Council shall biennially study and review state motor vehicle needs and uses and shall report its findings to the Legislature. Department and agency heads shall justify the purchase of motor vehicles as part of request for appropriations before the Joint Standing Committee on Appropriations and Financial Affairs.   [PL 1973, c. 788, §10 (AMD).]SECTION HISTORY PL 1969, c. 544, §1 (RPR). PL 1973, c. 788, §10 (AMD). PL 1977, c. 376, §1 (AMD).
5 ME Rev Stat § 7-B (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 5: ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURES AND SERVICES|Part 1: STATE DEPARTMENTS|Chapter 1: STATE OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES GENERALLY|Subchapter 1: GENERAL PROVISIONS|5 §7-B. Use of state vehicles for commuting

 §7-B. Use of state vehicles for commuting Notwithstanding section 7-A, a state-owned or state-leased vehicle may not be used by any employee to commute between home and work, except for those vehicles authorized and assigned to employees of the Baxter State Park Authority and of the Department of Defense, Veterans and Emergency Management, Military Bureau as designated by the Commissioner of Defense, Veterans and Emergency Management, to the director or deputy director or duty officer of the Maine Emergency Management Agency within the Department of Defense, Veterans and Emergency Management and to law enforcement officials within the following organizational units: Bureau of State Police; Maine Drug Enforcement Agency; Office of the State Fire Marshal; the division within the Department of Public Safety designated by the Commissioner of Public Safety to enforce the law relating to the manufacture, importation, storage, transportation and sale of all liquor and to administer those laws relating to licensing and collection of taxes on malt liquor and wine; Bureau of Motor Vehicles; Bureau of Marine Patrol; the forest protection unit within the Bureau of Forestry; Bureau of Warden Service; Bureau of Parks and Lands; and the Office of Chief Medical Examiner, the investigation division and the Medicaid fraud control unit within the Office of the Attorney General.   [PL 2021, c. 258, §1 (AMD); PL 2021, c. 293, Pt. C, §3 (AMD).]SECTION HISTORY PL 1991, c. 528, §III1 (NEW). PL 1991, c. 528, §RRR (AFF). PL 1991, c. 591, §III1 (NEW). PL 1991, c. 618, §1 (AMD). PL 1991, c. 618, §7 (AFF). PL 1991, c. 780, §JJ1 (AMD). PL 1991, c. 837, §B2 (AMD). PL 1991, c. 841, §2 (AMD). PL 1993, c. 349, §4 (RPR). PL 1995, c. 502, §E30 (AMD). PL 1999, c. 155, §A1 (AMD). PL 2003, c. 688, §A1 (AMD). PL 2011, c. 657, Pt. X, §1 (AMD). PL 2013, c. 405, Pt. A, §§23, 24 (REV). PL 2017, c. 284, Pt. CCC, §1 (AMD). PL 2019, c. 578, §2 (AMD). PL 2021, c. 258, §1 (AMD). PL 2021, c. 293, Pt. C, §3 (AMD).
5 ME Rev Stat § 8 (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 5: ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURES AND SERVICES|Part 1: STATE DEPARTMENTS|Chapter 1: STATE OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES GENERALLY|Subchapter 1: GENERAL PROVISIONS|5 §8. Mileage allowance

 §8. Mileage allowance The State shall pay for the use of privately owned automobiles for travel by employees of the State in the business of the State such reimbursement as agreed to between the State and their certified or recognized bargaining agent. For employees and state officers and officials not subject to any such agreement, the State shall pay 36¢ per mile effective January 1, 2006, 38¢ per mile effective January 1, 2007, 40¢ per mile effective July 1, 2007, 42¢ per mile effective July 1, 2008, 44¢ per mile effective January 1, 2009 and effective July 1, 2021 the lower of the rate included in the bargaining agreement representing the most employees or the federal rate of reimbursement, for miles actually traveled on state business. The Governor may suspend the operation of this section and require state officials and employees to travel in automobiles owned or controlled by the State, if such automobiles are available.   [PL 2021, c. 398, Pt. E, §1 (AMD).]SECTION HISTORY PL 1969, c. 468 (AMD). PL 1973, c. 765, §1 (AMD). P&SL 1975, c. 147, §C5 (AMD). PL 1975, c. 771, §29 (AMD). PL 1979, c. 269, §8 (AMD). PL 1979, c. 739, §1 (AMD). PL 1981, c. 710, §B (AMD). PL 1997, c. 3, §D1 (AMD). PL 1999, c. 454, §E1 (AMD). PL 2001, c. 438, §D1 (AMD). PL 2005, c. 12, §RRR1 (AMD). PL 2005, c. 12, §RRR2 (AFF). PL 2007, c. 240, Pt. SSS, §1 (AMD). PL 2007, c. 240, Pt. SSS, §16 (AFF). PL 2021, c. 398, Pt. E, §1 (AMD).
5 ME Rev Stat § 8-A (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 5: ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURES AND SERVICES|Part 1: STATE DEPARTMENTS|Chapter 1: STATE OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES GENERALLY|Subchapter 1: GENERAL PROVISIONS|5 §8-A. Declaration of purpose

 §8-A. Declaration of purpose For the benefit of the people of the State, it is essential that certain activities of the State Government be constantly reviewed in order to provide essential state services more efficiently and economically. To aid in accomplishing this purpose and due to improved travel conditions and communications, housing for state employees at state institutions and other areas of State Government and commissaries operated by state departments for the sale of food and food supplies to state employees shall be controlled as set forth in sections 8-B and 8-C respectively.   [PL 1971, c. 588 (NEW).]SECTION HISTORY PL 1971, c. 588 (NEW).
5 ME Rev Stat § 8-B (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 5: ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURES AND SERVICES|Part 1: STATE DEPARTMENTS|Chapter 1: STATE OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES GENERALLY|Subchapter 1: GENERAL PROVISIONS|5 §8-B. Housing

 §8-B. Housing It is the intent of the Legislature to discourage the construction, reconstruction and equipping of new housing facilities for state employees at state institutions and all other areas of State Government and to cause the termination of existing provision of housing facilities to state employees whenever other housing facilities are reasonably available to such employees and their residence elsewhere will not substantially impair the effective management and operation of the state department or institution by which such persons are employed. The housing facilities of each state department shall be reviewed periodically by the state department involved, and the provision of any such housing facilities shall be terminated whenever the above stated criteria are met. Except as otherwise provided, in each instance of the provision of housing facilities by the State, a rental charge shall be made to cover the total operating cost of any such facility. These costs shall include, but not be limited to, rates charged to the State, in operating such facility, for water, electricity, heat, telephone and furnishings and any other maintenance costs. Such costs shall not include charges for telephones used primarily for state business. In determining the feasibility of any such facility, the department shall consider the availability of living facilities for its employees, particularly in the unorganized territory and rural areas of the State. Any facility used on a seasonal basis shall be partially exempt from rental charges, at the discretion of the department. No charge shall be made for the provision of housing facilities when the state employee involved is required as a condition of his employment to reside in such housing facilities and when the state employee involved receives a salary less than the salary received by an employee at pay range 23, merit service step E of the compensation plan for classified employees.   [PL 1977, c. 78, §3-A (AMD).]SECTION HISTORY PL 1971, c. 588 (NEW). PL 1973, c. 603, §§1,2 (AMD). PL 1977, c. 78, §§3-A (AMD).