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Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:

 
Sec. 1. 1 MRSA §534, sub-§1, as enacted by PL 1997, c. 713, §1, is
amended by amending the first paragraph to read:

 
1. Membership. The InforME Board, as established in Title 5,
section 12004-G, subsection 30-A, consists of 15 17 voting
members and 2 one nonvoting, advisory members member as follows:

 
Sec. 2. 1 MRSA §534, sub-§1, ¶G-1 is enacted to read:

 
G-1.__One person who is not a Legislator, appointed by the
Legislative Council, to represent the interests of the
Legislature;

 
Sec. 3. 1 MRSA §534, sub-§1, ¶H, as enacted by PL 1997, c. 713, §1, is
amended to read:

 
H. A representative of the membership or staff of the
Judicial Department, appointed by the Chief Justice of the
Supreme Judicial Court, who serves as a nonvoting member;
and

 
Sec. 4. 1 MRSA §534, sub-§§3 and 4, as enacted by PL 1997, c. 713, §1,
are amended to read:

 
3. Staff. The Department of Administrative and Financial
Services, Bureau of Information Services shall provide staff to
the board. The Department of the Attorney General shall provide
legal services to the board.

 
4. Quorum; action. Eight Nine voting members of the board
constitute a quorum. The affirmative vote of 8 9 members is
necessary for any action taken by the board. A vacancy in the
membership of the board does not impair the right of a quorum to
exercise all the powers and perform the duties of the board. The
board may use video conferencing and other technologies to
conduct its business, but is not exempt from chapter 13,
subchapter I.

 
Sec. 5. 1 MRSA §534, sub-§5, ¶G, as enacted by PL 1997, c. 713, §1, is
amended to read:

 
G. Review revenue and expenditures and approve premium
services fees and fee schedules to be levied by the network
manager.

 
(1) Fees must be sufficient to maintain, develop,
operate and expand InforME on a continuing basis.


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