2 M.R.S. § 1 Residence; Office Hours; Secretary; Salary

• Library: Maine Revised Statutes
• Edition: 2023
• Currency: Current through 131st (2023-2024) Legislature Chapter 486
• Year: 2023
• Citation: 2 M.R.S. § 1

The Governor is entitled to reside in the Governor's official residence at Augusta during the Governor's term of office and shall keep an office at the State House open for the transaction of the business of the State during all normal working hours of the State House. [ 2019, c. 475, §6 (AMD).]

In the absence of the Governor, the Governor's private secretary must be in attendance and the private secretary shall devote the private secretary's entire time to the duties of the Governor's office. [ 2019, c. 475, §6 (AMD).]

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. [ 2019, c. 475, §6 (AMD).]