Maine LD 165: An Act To Increase The Governor'S Salary

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STATE OF MAINE
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IN THE YEAR OF OUR LORD
TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-THREE
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H.P. 106 - L.D. 165
An Act to Increase the Governor's Salary
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:
Sec. 1.  2 MRSA §1, 3rd ¶, as amended by PL 2019, c. 475, §6, is further amended 
to read:
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.  Beginning the first Wednesday of January 2027, the 
Governor is entitled to receive an annual salary of $125,000.
Sec. 2.  2 MRSA §2, as amended by PL 2019, c. 475, §9, is further amended to read:
§2.  Expense account
The  "Governor's  Expense  Account"  must  be  credited  with  those  amounts  that  are 
appropriated by the Legislature for that purpose $40,000 annually. This appropriation must 
be available for expenditure by the Governor at the Governor's discretion. This account is 
not subject to audit, except as to total amount to be paid.
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