Maine Code § 32-11306

Cooperation with other agencies
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1. Cooperation. To encourage uniform application and interpretation of this chapter and
commodities regulation and enforcement in general, the administrator and the employees of the
administrator may cooperate, including bearing the expense of the cooperation, with the securities
agencies or administrator of another jurisdiction, Canadian province or territory or such other agencies
administering this chapter, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, the Securities and Exchange
Commission, any self-regulatory organization established under the Commodity Exchange Act or the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, any national or international organization of commodities or
securities officials or agencies and any governmental law enforcement agency.
[PL 1989, c. 542, §80 (AMD).]
2. Type of cooperation. The cooperation authorized by subsection 1 includes, but is not limited
to, the following:
A. Making joint examinations or investigations; [PL 1985, c. 643 (NEW).]
B. Holding joint administrative hearings; [PL 1985, c. 643 (NEW).]
C. Filing and prosecuting joint litigation; [PL 1985, c. 643 (NEW).]
D. Sharing and exchanging personnel; [PL 1985, c. 643 (NEW).]
E. Sharing and exchanging information and documents; [PL 1985, c. 643 (NEW).]
F. Formulating and adopting mutual regulations, statements of policy, guidelines, proposed
statutory changes and releases; and [PL 1985, c. 643 (NEW).]
G. Issuing and enforcing subpoenas at the request of the agency administering this chapter in
another jurisdiction, the securities agency of another jurisdiction, the Commodity Futures Trading

Commission or the Securities and Exchange Commission if the information sought would also be
subject to lawful subpoena for conduct occurring in this State. [PL 1985, c. 643 (NEW).]
[PL 1985, c. 643 (NEW).]

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