Maine Revised Statutes Title 1 Sec. 95 – Report and publication
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Terms Used In Maine Revised Statutes Title 1 Sec. 95
- Executive director: means the Executive Director of the Legislative Council appointed under Title 3, section 162. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 1 Sec. 91
- Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
- Revisor: means the Revisor of Statutes, or the person under Title 3, section 162 who is responsible for the form and format of legislative instruments. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 1 Sec. 91
- Update: means the process by which enactments, amendments, repeals, reallocations or reenactments from a legislative session or sessions are integrated into the statutory data base of the Maine Revised Statutes. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 1 Sec. 91
- Year: means a calendar year, unless otherwise expressed. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 1 Sec. 72
The revisor shall submit an annual revisor’s report containing a description of all changes made pursuant to section 93 to the joint standing committee of the Legislature having jurisdiction over judiciary matters by October 1st of the year in which the changes have been made and shall provide copies of the report to the Secretary of State, to the executive director and to the publisher of the Maine Revised Statutes Annotated. The publisher shall incorporate the changes made in the report in all subsequent publications of the laws. The revisor’s report must be published annually in the Laws of Maine. Changes made in the revisor’s report take effect on October 1st of the year in which the report is made unless otherwise indicated in which case the changes take effect as specified. [PL 1991, c. 639, §4 (AMD).]
If the joint standing committee of the Legislature having jurisdiction over judiciary matters disagrees with any change contained in the revisor’s report, the committee may instruct the revisor to make appropriate corrections during the next update, may amend the legislation authorized by section 94 to reverse the change or may report out legislation overriding any revisor’s change. [PL 1991, c. 336 (NEW).]
SECTION HISTORY
PL 1991, c. 336 (NEW). PL 1991, c. 639, §4 (AMD).