Maine § 5 §191 Duties; salary; fees; full time

Maine Statutes

§ 5 §191 — Duties; salary; fees; full time

Maine § 5 §191

Title 5ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURES AND SERVICES

Part 1STATE DEPARTMENTS

Ch. 9ATTORNEY GENERAL

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Bluebook

Me. Rev. Stat. tit. 5, § 5 §191 (2026).

Text

1.Attorney General; office; salary. The Attorney General is the executive head of the Department of the Attorney General. The Attorney General shall keep an office at the seat of government and is entitled to receive an annual salary in full for all services. The Attorney General is entitled to receive actual expenses incurred in the performance of official duties.

2.Full time; prohibited activities. The Attorney General shall devote full time to the duties of the office and may not engage in the private practice of law during the Attorney General's term of office, nor may the Attorney General during that term be a partner or associate of any person in the practice of law. During the term of service, the Attorney General may not be an officer or director of any corporation engaged in bus

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1.
Attorney General; office; salary.
The Attorney General is the executive head of the Department of the Attorney General. The Attorney General shall keep an office at the seat of government and is entitled to receive an annual salary in full for all services. The Attorney General is entitled to receive actual expenses incurred in the performance of official duties.
2.
Full time; prohibited activities.
The Attorney General shall devote full time to the duties of the office and may not engage in the private practice of law during the Attorney General's term of office, nor may the Attorney General during that term be a partner or associate of any person in the practice of law. During the term of service, the Attorney General may not be an officer or director of any corporation engaged in business for profit within the State.
3.
Representation by Attorney General, deputies, assistants and staff attorneys.
The Attorney General or a deputy, assistant or staff attorney shall appear for the State, the head of any state department, the head of any state institution and agencies of the State in all civil actions and proceedings in which the State is a party or interested, or in which the official acts and doings of the officers are called into question, in all the courts of the State and in those actions and proceedings before any other tribunal when requested by the Governor or by the Legislature or either House of the Legislature. All such actions and proceedings must be prosecuted or defended by the Attorney General or under the Attorney General's direction.
4.
Fees.
The Attorney General is entitled to receive the following fees:
5.
Required training regarding harassment.
The Attorney General shall attend and complete annually a course of in-person education and training regarding harassment, including, but not limited to, sexual harassment and racial harassment.

Legislative History

PL 1965, c. 141 (AMD). PL 1965, c. 510, §1 (AMD). PL 1965, c. 513, §§5-B (AMD). PL 1967, c. 476, §9 (AMD). PL 1969, c. 504, §6 (AMD). PL 1971, c. 439, §7 (AMD). PL 1971, c. 550, §2 (AMD). PL 1973, c. 585, §§11,12,14 (AMD). PL 1973, c. 711, §§1-2 (AMD). PL 1975, c. 770, §20 (AMD). PL 1977, c. 696, §34 (AMD). PL 1989, c. 410, §13 (AMD). PL 2003, c. 510, §B2 (RPR). PL 2003, c. 510, §B3 (AFF). PL 2003, c. 599, §1 (AMD). PL 2003, c. 599, §§2,11 (AFF). PL 2023, c. 545, §3 (AMD).