| | Emergency preamble. Whereas, Acts of the Legislature do not become | effective until 90 days after adjournment unless enacted as | emergencies; and |
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| | Whereas, the Legislature has been offered the gift of the | copyright in a video about the legislative process, which will be | available immediately; and |
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| | Whereas, the Legislature must immediately accept the gift in | order to be able to effectively administer and protect the | copyright in the work; and |
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| | Whereas, in the judgment of the Legislature, these facts create | an emergency within the meaning of the Constitution of Maine and | require the following legislation as immediately necessary for | the preservation of the public peace, health and safety; now, | therefore, |
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| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows: |
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| | Sec. 1. 2 MRSA §5, as amended by PL 1981, c. 53, is further | amended to read: |
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| | The Governor is authorized to accept in the name of the State | any and all gifts, bequests, grants or conveyances to the State | of Maine. |
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| | No other state official or any member of any other branch of | State Government may accept any gift, grant or conveyance to the | State or to that branch of government, with a value greater than | $50, unless specifically authorized to do so by statute law or by | clear implication of statute law, or unless empowered to do so by | the Governor. |
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| | Sec. 2. 3 MRSA §162, sub-§16-A is enacted to read: |
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| | 16-A.__Intellectual property.__To use, manage or administer on | behalf of the Legislature any copyright held by the Legislature | or license to use copyrighted materials and to manage the | copying, use and dissemination of copies of copyrighted materials | in which the Legislature holds the copyright or a license; |
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| | Sec. 3. Acceptance of copyright in video production on legislative process. The | Legislature acknowledges and accepts the gift to the Legislature | of the copyright in a video concerning the Maine legislative | process titled "Person to Person: Legislating Maine" produced in | 1998 by the Spring Point Media Center of Southern Maine Technical | College. |
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