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

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

 
E. The Director of the Bureau of Information Services
within the Department Commissioner of Administrative and
Financial Services or the director's commissioner's
designee;

 
Sec. 2. 5 MRSA §354, sub-§§1 and 2, as enacted by PL 1999, c. 428, §1,
are amended to read:

 
1. Membership. The board consists of 7 8 members. The
Secretary of State and, the Director of the Bureau of Information
Services and the Chief Information Officer within the Department
of Administrative and Financial Services, or their designees,
shall serve on the board. The President of the Senate and the
Speaker of the House of Representatives shall each appoint one
public member. A statewide municipal government organization
shall recommend and the Governor shall appoint 2 members
representing municipalities. A statewide information services
group shall recommend and the Governor shall appoint one member
with technical expertise in electronic communications.

 
2. Terms of members. The Secretary of State and, the
Director of the Bureau of Information Services and the Chief
Information Officer within the Department of Administrative and
Financial Services, or their designees, shall serve as permanent
members of the board. The members from municipalities, the
member with technical expertise and the public members serve 3-
year terms, except that initially one municipal member and the
public member appointed by the Speaker of the House of
Representatives serve 3-year terms, the member with technical
expertise and one municipal member serve 2-year terms, and the
public member appointed by the President of the Senate serves a
one-year term. Each member may be appointed for another term
upon the completion of a term on the board.

 
Sec. 3. 5 MRSA §1873, sub-§1-A is enacted to read:

 
1-A.__Chief Information Officer.__"Chief Information Officer"
means the person who holds the lead information technology
position within the executive branch that directs, coordinates
and oversees information technology policy making, planning,
architecture and standardization.

 
Sec. 4. 5 MRSA §1877-A, sub-§1, as amended by PL 1999, c. 668, §7, is
further amended to read:


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