Boards & Commissions

The Division of Corporations, UCC and Commissions has relocated to the Ballard Center (formerly the Maine General Medical Center) at 6 E Chestnut Street, 5th Floor, Augusta, Maine 04330. For any questions, call (207) 624-7752.

 

The Division administers the Boards and Commissions program established in MRS, Title 5 Chapter 379 and lays out standards for board creation, membership and compensation, and lists boards by name.

It assigns to the Secretary of State a number of record-keeping and reporting functions: managing appointment information, material and paperwork; tracking membership; reporting annually on upcoming appointments or re-appointments to boards; maintaining and collecting board activities and expenses required on annual reports; compiling and reporting the results into an annual report that is submitted to the Governor and Legislature; and preparing legislation to repeal inactive boards.

Not all boards are on file with this office.

A number of boards and commissions established in statute are not governed under Title 5, Chapter 379. These include short term task forces, committees or commissions created by the Legislature for a specific purpose.

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