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An Act To Extend the Allowed Time for the Interchange of Government Employees
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:
Sec. 1. 5 MRSA §3003, last ¶, as enacted by PL 1967, c. 266, is amended to read:
The period of individual assignment or detail under an interchange program shallmay not exceed 1224 months, nor shallmay any person be assigned or detailed for more than 1224 months during any 36-month48-month period. Details relating to any matter covered in this chapter may be the subject of an agreement between the sending and receiving agencies. Elected officials shallmay not be assigned from a sending agency nor detailed to a receiving agency.
 
SUMMARY
This bill amends the law governing the interchange of employees between government departments, agencies and instrumentalities. It increases the maximum period of an interchange assignment from 12 to 24 months.