| (2) Fees for premium services must be reasonable but | sufficient to support the maximum amount of information | and services provided at no charge. |
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| (3) The board may establish fee schedules that include | no charge for designated services for one or more | specified classes of users. If services are to be | provided at no charge to libraries, the services must | be provided to libraries designated as depository | libraries for government documents pursuant to 44 | United States Code, Chapter 19 and to any other | libraries the board designates. |
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| (4) Fees must be sufficient to ensure that, to the | extent possible, data custodians do not suffer loss of | revenues from sources that are approved or authorized | by law due to the operations of InforME. |
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| (5) Fees must be sufficient to ensure that data | custodians are reimbursed for the actual costs of | providing data to InforME. |
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| (6) Fees must be sufficient to meet the expenses of | the board;. |
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| (7)__The board shall require the network manager to | provide access to premium services at no charge to | libraries, the Legislature, the Office of the Governor | and the Judicial Department.__The minimum number of | connections to be provided is 5 for libraries, 10 for | the Legislature, one for the Office of the Governor and | 2 for the Judicial Department. |
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| (8)__The board may not approve a premium service fee | unless the data custodian agrees to the fee; |
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| | Sec. 6. 1 MRSA §535, sub-§1, as enacted by PL 1997, c. 713, §1, is | amended to read: |
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| | 1. Criteria and specifications; contract terms. The Director | of the Bureau of Information Services within the Department of | Administrative and Financial Services, in consultation with the | board and the Department of the Attorney General, shall develop | criteria and specifications for a network manager and its duties. | The director shall develop and release a request for proposal to | solicit bids from private entities including nonprofit entities | to serve as the network manager. Bidding must be conducted by an | open, competitive process. The director shall develop the terms | and conditions of the contract, which must be reviewed and | approved by the Attorney General.__The |
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