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will generate an annual aggregate of $85,000 |
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| | | C. A telecommunications carrier doing business in this | | State, including a provider of interstate services and a | | provider of wireless services, shall provide to the Public | | Utilities Commission, on request, records relating to its | | gross revenues. At the request of a carrier, the Public | | Utilities Commission may issue a protective order in | | accordance with the Maine Rules of Civil Procedure, Rule 26 | | (c) to protect any confidential business information | | provided by the carrier. Records placed under protective | | order by the Public Utilities Commission to this paragraph | | are within the scope of a privilege against discovery within | | the meaning of Title 1, section 402, subsection 3, paragraph | | B and are not public records while under the protective | | order. |
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| | | Sec. A-4. Additional assessment to support start-up of emergency alert system. | | Notwithstanding Title 26, section 1419-A, subsection 5, the | | Department of Labor, Bureau of Rehabilitation Services' annual | | assessment of telecommunications carriers pursuant to the Maine | | Revised Statutes, Title 26, section 1419-A, subsection 5 may, for | | the year 2004, generate an aggregate of $136,750 for deposit in | | the Communications Equipment Fund. The bureau, in consultation | | with the Public Utilities Commission, may make a supplemental | | assessment prior to December 31, 2004 to collect the difference | | between amounts otherwise authorized for 2004 and the $136,750 | | authorized pursuant to this section. |
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| | | Sec. A-5. Appropriations and allocations. The following appropriations | | and allocations are made. |
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| | | Bureau of Rehabilitation Services - Division of Deafness |
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| | | Initiative: Increases the allocation of funds, generated by | | increased assessments authorized pursuant to this Act, from the | | Communications Equipment Fund within the Bureau of Rehabilitation | | Services, Division of Deafness to support the provision of | | emergency alert notification equipment for deaf and hard-of- | | hearing persons and related equipment evaluation, distribution | | and training services, including contractual services. |
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| | | Other Special Revenue Funds | 2003-04 | 2004-05 |
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| | | Other Special Revenue Funds Total | $0 | $51,750 |
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