Committee urges changes to bill on code‑enforcement complaints; recommends confidentiality until adjudicatory hearing
After extended debate, the Judiciary Committee recommended that language in LD 2097 be revised so complaints and investigation materials about certified code‑enforcement officers remain confidential until an adjudicatory hearing, while keeping final hearing decisions public. The committee voted unanimously to send that recommendation to the committee of jurisdiction.
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The Judiciary Committee spent a substantial portion of its May 14 session on LD 2097, a bill to move code‑enforcement investigation and certification oversight to the Maine Office of Community Affairs (transcript shorthand used: "Mocha") and to establish confidentiality rules for complaints, investigations and disciplinary reviews.
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