The primary responsibilities and powers of advisory boards and boards with minimal authority include the responsibility and authority to advise state agencies, review policies and procedures, conduct studies, evaluate programs and make recommendations to the state agencies, the Legislature or the Governor.
This classification includes the following.
FIELD NAME OF ORGANIZATION RATE OF COMPENSATION STATUTORY REFERENCE
1. Administration
1-A. Agriculture Maine Arborist Advisory Council Expenses Only 7 MRSA §2191
1-B. Agriculture
2. Agriculture
2-A. Agriculture
2-B. Agriculture
2-C. Agriculture Animal Welfare Advisory Council Expenses Only 7 MRSA §3906‑C
2-D. Business
2-E. Business
2-F. Business
2-G. Business
2-H. Cemeteries
2-I. Agriculture Advisory Committee on the Fund To Address PFAS Contamination Expenses and Legislative Per Diem 7 MRSA §320‑L
3. Community Services
3-A. Conservation
3-B. Conservation Snowmobile Trail Fund Advisory Council Expenses for Nonsalaried or Nonpaid Public Members Only 12 MRSA §1893‑B
3-C. Conservation
3-D. Conservation Allagash Wilderness Waterway Advisory Council Expenses/Legislative per diem 12 MRSA §1890‑A
4. Corrections
4-A. Corrections
4-B. Corrections
4-C. Corrections Sex Offender Management and Risk Assessment Advisory Commission Not Authorized 34‑A MRSA §11401
5. Corrections Board of Visitors (For each institution under the department) Expenses Only 34‑A MRSA §3001‑A
5-A. Culture State Poet Laureate Advisory Selection Committee Not Authorized 27 MRSA §421
5-B. Defense, Veterans and Emergency Management
5-C. Defense, Veterans and Emergency Management Maine Veterans' Memorial Cemetery System Care Fund Advisory Board Expenses Only 37‑B MRSA §512‑A
5-D. Culture Maine Library Advisory Council Not Authorized 27 MRSA §114‑A
6. Economic Development
6-A. Economic Development
6-B. Economic Development
6-C. Economic Development
6-D. Economic Development
6-E. Economic Development
6-F. Economic Development
6-G. Economic Development Maine Innovation Economy Advisory Board Not Authorized 10 MRSA §949
6-H. Economic Development
6-I. Economic Development Maine Workforce, Research, Development and Student Achievement Institute Not Authorized 5 MRSA §13120‑T
6-J. Economic Development Development Ready Advisory Committee Expenses Only 5 MRSA §3235
6-K. Economic Development Office of New Americans Advisory Council Compensation and Expenses as set by the Office of New Americans 5 MRSA §3111 Revisor's Note: (Subsection 6-K as enacted by PL 2023, c. 683, Pt. A, §1 is REALLOCATED TO TITLE 5, SECTION 12004-I, SUBSECTION 6-L)
6-L. (REALLOCATED FROM T. 5, §12004-I, sub-§6-K) Economic Development Social Equity Program Advisory Committee Not Authorized 5 MRSA §13302
7. Education
7-A. Education
7-B. Education
7-C. Education
8. Education Archives Advisory Board Expenses Only 5 MRSA §96
9. Education
10. Education
10-A. Education
11. Education
11-A. Education: Office of Rehabilitation Services
12. Education
12-A. Education Advisory Committee on School Psychologists Expenses Only 20‑A MRSA §13022
12-B. Education
12-C. Education: Higher Education Higher Education Interpersonal Violence Advisory Commission Expenses Only 20‑A MRSA §12984
13. Education
13-A. Education
14. Education
15. Education: Governor Baxter School
15-A. Education: Arthur R. Gould School
16. Education: Student Assessment
17. Education, Truants and Dropouts Advisory Committee Expenses Only 20‑A MRSA §5152
18. Education: Elementary
18-A. Education: Financial Aid
18-B. Education: Financial Aid Advisory Committee on Education Savings Not Authorized 20‑A MRSA §11484
18-C. Education
18-D. Education Maine Historical Records Advisory Board Not Authorized 5 MRSA §98
18-E. Education: Financial Aid
18-F. Education: Financial Aid Advisory Committee on Family Development Accounts Expenses for members representing account holders; not authorized for all other members 20‑A MRSA §10985
18-G. Education: Financial Aid.
19. Energy
20. Energy
20-A. Environment
20-B. Environment: Natural Resources and Public Utilities
21. Environment: Natural Resources
22. Environment: Natural Resources
22-A. Environment: Material Resources
22-B. Environment: Natural Resources
22-C. Environment
23. Environment: Natural Resources Advisory Board for the Licensing of Guides $50/Day 12 MRSA §10153
23-A. Environment: Natural Resources Advisory Board for the Licensing of Taxidermists $50/Day 12 MRSA §10155
23-B. Environment: Natural Resources Advisory Board for the Licensing of Whitewater Guides $50/Day 12 MRSA §10156
24. Environment: Natural Resources
24-A. Environment: Natural Resources
24-B. Environment: Natural Resources
24-C. Environment
24-D. Environment
24-E. Environment: Natural Resources
24-F. Environment: Natural Resources
24-G. Environment: Natural Resources Maine Climate Council, Scientific and Technical Subcommittee and Working Groups Legislative Per Diem and Expenses for Legislators/Expenses Only for Certain Members 38 MRSA §577‑A
25. Finance Advisory Council on Tax-deferred Arrangements Expenses Only 5 MRSA §884
25-A. Finance Board of Emergency Municipal Finance Expenses Only 30‑A MRSA §6101
25-B. Finance
26. Finance
27. Finance
28. Finance
29. Finance
29-A. Finance
29-B. Finance Consensus Economic Forecasting Commission Not Authorized 5 MRSA §1710
29-C. Finance
29-D. Finance
30. Health
30-A. Health Care Maine Quality Forum Advisory Council Expenses Only 24‑A MRSA §6952
30-B. Health Care: Data Maine Health Data Organization Health Information Advisory Committee Expenses Only 22 MRSA §8718
31. Housing
31-A. Health Care
31-B. Health Care Advisory Council on Affordable Health Care Expenses Only 5 MRSA §3123
32. Housing Passamaquoddy Indian Housing Authority - Indian Township Not Authorized 30‑A MRSA §4995
33. Housing Passamaquoddy Indian Housing Authority - Pleasant Point Not Authorized 30‑A MRSA §4995
34. Housing Penobscot Tribal Reservation Housing Authority Not Authorized 30‑A MRSA §4995
35. Human Services
35-A. Human Services
35-B. Human Services
36. Human Services
36-A. Human Services
36-B. Human Services
36-C. Human Services Maine Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Advisory Council Expenses/Legislative Per Diem for Nonsalaried Employee Members 22 MRSA §3789‑D
36-D. Human Services Tobacco Prevention and Control Advisory Council Expenses/Legislative Per Diem for Nonsalaried Employee Members 22 MRSA §272
36-E. Human Services Organ Donation Advisory Council Not Authorized 29‑A MRSA §1402‑B
36-F. Human Services MaineCare Rate Reform Expert Technical Advisory Panel Not Authorized 22 MRSA §3173‑J, sub‑§5
37. Human Services
37-A. Human Services: Child and Family Services
37-B. Human Services
38. Human Services: Health Facilities
38-A. Human Services Maine Telehealth and Telemonitoring Advisory Group Not Authorized 22 MRSA §3173‑I
39. Human Services
40. Education Rehabilitation Services
40-A. Human Services: Bureau of Rehabilitation
41. Human Services
42. Human Services Maine HIV Advisory Committee Expenses Only 5 MRSA §19202
42-A. Human Services
43. Human Services: Public Health
44. Human Services: Environmental Health
44-A. Human Services: Hospitals
45. Human Services: Hospitals
46. Human Services: Health Finance
47. Human Services
47-A. Human Services
47-B. Human Services: Nursing
47-C. Human Services: Public Health Maine Public Drinking Water Commission Expenses Only 22 MRSA §2660‑C
47-D. Human Services
47-E. Human Services
47-F. Human Services
47-G. Human Services Acquired Brain Injury Advisory Council Expenses Only 34‑B MRSA §19001
47-H. Human Services: Public Health
47-I. Human Services Palliative Care and Quality of Life Interdisciplinary Advisory Council Expenses Only 22 MRSA §1726
48. Human Services: Public Health
48-A. Human Services: Public Health Rare Disease Advisory Council Expenses Only 22 MRSA §1700‑B
49. Human Services: Public Health
49-A. Human Services: Hospices Maine Hospice Council Expenses Only 22 MRSA §8611
49-B. Human Services
49-C. Inland Fisheries and Wildlife Landowners and Land Users Relations Advisory Board Not Authorized 12 MRSA §10157
50. Insurance
50-A. Insurance Health Care
51. Judiciary
52. Judiciary: Criminal Law Criminal Law Advisory Commission Expenses Only 17‑A MRSA §1351
52-A. Judiciary: Family Law Family Law Advisory Commission None Authorized 19‑A MRSA §351
52-B. Judiciary: Family Law
52-C. Judiciary: Cannabis
53. Labor
54. Labor New Ventures Maine Advisory Council Not Authorized 20‑A MRSA §10924
54-A. Education: Office of Rehabilitation Services
54-B. Labor: Rehabilitation Services
54-C. Legislature
54-D. Labor Maine Apprenticeship Council Expenses Only 26 MRSA §3209
54-E. Labor Essential Support Workforce Advisory Committee Not Authorized 26 MRSA §3802
54-F. Labor Paid Family and Medical Leave Benefits Authority Expenses Only 26 MRSA §850‑O
55. Local and County Government
55-A. Local and County Government
56. Local and County Government
57. Local and County Government
57-A. Marine Resources: Zones Lobster Management Policy Councils Expenses Only 12 MRSA §6447
57-B. Marine Resources: Zones Sea Urchin Zone Council Expenses Only 12 MRSA §6749‑X
57-C. Marine Resources Aquaculture Advisory Council Expenses Only 12 MRSA §6080
57-D. Marine Resources
57-E. Marine Resources Commercial Fishing Safety Council Expenses only 12 MRSA §6034
57-F. Marine Resources Scallop Advisory Council Expenses Only 12 MRSA §6729‑B
57-G. Marine Resources Shellfish Advisory Council Expenses Only 12 MRSA §6038
57-H. Marine Resources Seaweed Fisheries Advisory Council Expenses Only 12 MRSA §6087
57-I. Marine Resources Working Waterfront Advisory Council Not Authorized 5 MRSA §3208
58. Marine Resources: Industry Lobster Advisory Council Expenses Only 12 MRSA §6462‑A
A.
58-A. Medicine
58-B. Medicine
58-C. Medicine
58-D. Medicine
59. Mental Health and Mental Retardation
59-A. Mental Health and Mental Retardation
59-B. Mental Health and Mental Retardation
59-C. Mental Health and Mental Retardation
60. Mental Health and Mental Retardation
60-A. Mental Health and Mental Retardation
60-B. Mental Health Consumer Council System of Maine Expenses and Legislative Per Diem 34‑B MRSA §3611
61. Mental Health and Mental Retardation
62. Mental Health and Mental Retardation
63. Mental Health and Mental Retardation
64. Mental Health and Mental Retardation
65. Children's Services
66. Mental Health and Intellectual Disability Maine Developmental Disabilities Council Expenses Only 34‑B MRSA §17001
67. Mental Health and Mental Retardation
68. Natural Resources: Forests
68-A. Natural Resources State Conservation District Advisory Council Expenses Only 12 MRSA §51‑A
68-B. Natural Resources
68-C. Natural Resources Water Resources Planning Committee Not Authorized 5 MRSA §6401
69. Natural Resources: Recreation
70. Natural Resources: Recreation
70-A. Occupations: Insurance Continuing Education Advisory Committee Expenses Only 24‑A MRSA §1481
71. Occupations: Insurance
71-A. Occupations: Fire Protection
72. Occupations: Insurance
72-A. Occupations: Insurance
72-B. Occupations: Massage Practitioners
72-C. Occupations: Advanced Practice Registered Nursing
73. Occupations: Real Estate.
73-A. Occupations: Nursing
73-B. Probate and Trust Law Probate and Trust Law Advisory Commission Not Authorized 18‑C MRSA §1‑801
74. Occupations: Medicine
74-A. Public Safety 9-1-1 Council Expenses Only 25 MRSA §2925
74-A-1. Public Utilities
74-B. State Government
74-C. Public Safety Maine Commission on Domestic and Sexual Abuse Expenses Only 19‑A MRSA §4115
74-D. Public Safety
74-E. Sentencing
74-F. Public Safety
74-G. Public Safety
74-H. Public Safety Polygraph Examiners Advisory Board Not Authorized 32 MRSA §7371
74-I. Public Safety State Trauma Prevention and Control Advisory Committee Not Authorized 32 MRSA §87‑A
74-J. Racial, Indigenous and Maine Tribal Populations Revisor's Note: Subsection 74-J as enacted by PL 2019, c. 435, §2 is REALLOCATED TO TITLE 5, SECTION 12004-I, SUBSECTION 74-K Revisor's Note: Subsection 74-J as enacted by PL 2019, c. 446, §6 is REALLOCATED TO TITLE 5, SECTION 12004-I, SUBSECTION 74-L
74-K. (REALLOCATED FROM T. 5, §12004-I, sub-§74-J) Public Safety Deadly Force Review Panel Not Authorized 5 MRSA §200‑K
74-L. (REALLOCATED FROM T. 5, §12004-I, sub-§74-J) Public Safety Retired County and Municipal Law Enforcement Officers and Municipal Firefighters Health Insurance Program Advisory Committee Not Authorized 5 MRSA §286‑N
75. State Government Capitol Planning Commission Expenses Only 5 MRSA §298
75-A. State Government State House and Capitol Park Commission Expenses Only 3 MRSA §901‑A
75-B. State Government Blaine House Commission Not Authorized 5 MRSA §322
75-C. State Government
76. State Government
77. State Government
77-A. State Government
78. State Planning
78-A. State Retirement System Participating Local District Advisory Committee Not Authorized 5 MRSA §18802‑A
79. Telecommunications
79-A. Trade Citizen Trade Policy Commission Legislative Per Diem and Expenses for Legislators/ Expenses Only for Other Members 10 MRSA §11
80. Telecommunications
80-A. Transportation: Motor Carriers
81. Transportation: Motor Vehicles Maine Aeronautical Advisory Board Not Authorized 6 MRSA §302
82. Transportation: Ferry Service Maine State Ferry Advisory Board Expenses Only 23 MRSA §4301
82-A. Transportation: Public Transit Public Transit Advisory Council Not Authorized 23 MRSA §4209‑A
83. Transportation: Highway
83-A. Transportation: Roads Maine Abandoned and Discontinued Roads Commission Expenses Only 23 MRSA §3036
84. Transportation: Motor Vehicles Medical Advisory Board (Licensing of Drivers) Expenses Only 29‑A MRSA §1258
84-A. Transportation: Motor Vehicles
85. Transportation
85-A. Technology
86. Transportation: Signs and Billboards
87. Tourism
88. Video and Film Maine State Film Commission Expenses Only 5 MRSA §13090‑H
88-A. Women Permanent Commission on the Status of Women Mileage and toll reimbursement for up to 2 meetings per year 5 MRSA §7029
89. Workers' Compensation
90. Workers' Compensation
91. Emergency Management Homeland Security Advisory Council Not Authorized 37‑B MRSA §708
92. Public Advocate
93. Public Advocate Electric Ratepayer Advisory Council Not Authorized 35‑A MRSA §1714 Revisor's Note: Subsection 93 as enacted by PL 2021, c. 661, §4 is REALLOCATED TO TITLE 5, SECTION 12004-I, SUBSECTION 94
94. (REALLOCATED FROM T. 5, §12004-I, sub-§93) Attorney General Maine Recovery Council Expenses Only 5 MRSA §203‑C