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LR 1935
Item 1

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

 
(2) Fees for premium services must be reasonable but
sufficient to support the maximum amount of information
and services provided at no charge.

 
(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.

 
(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.

 
(5) Fees must be sufficient to ensure that data
custodians are reimbursed for the actual costs of
providing data to InforME.

 
(6) Fees must be sufficient to meet the expenses of
the board;.

 
(7)__The board may approve, when applicable, service
level agreements entered into by InforME and data
custodians for information, electronic services and
transactions provided by InforME.

 
(8)__The board may establish a subscription fee for
subscribers;

 
Sec. 7. 1 MRSA §534, sub-§5, ¶¶K and L, as enacted by PL 1997, c. 713,
§1, are amended to read:

 
K. Adopt rules pursuant to the Maine Administrative
Procedure Act to carry out this chapter. Notwithstanding
Title 5, section 8071, subsection 2, rules adopted pursuant
to this paragraph are routine technical rules; and

 
L. Report annually beginning January 1, 1999 to the joint
standing committee of the Legislature having jurisdiction over
state government matters. The report must include a complete
list of services offered through the InforME system, the fees
associated with services and the criteria used to determine which
services are offered as premium


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