Sec. 5. Resolve 2003, c. 83, §4 is amended to read:

*Sec. 4. Committee duties. Resolved: That the committee shall meet a total of not more than 4 8 times to study state and local governmental compliance with Maine's freedom of access laws and other issues relating to citizens' access to public records and public proceedings. In examining these issues, the committee shall:

1. Review and analyze the Report on Public Records Audit, prepared by the Maine Freedom of Information Coalition in November 2002, and the recommendations made in the report;

2. Study what measures, if any, state and local governmental entities in Maine and in other states have taken to ensure their employees are knowledgeable about and comply with Maine's freedom of access laws or other comparable state laws;

3. Investigate and recommend ways in which governmental compliance with Maine's freedom of access laws may be meaningfully improved and calculate what, if any, costs may be associated with making such improvements;

4. Undertake a comprehensive inventory and review of the various exceptions to public access to records and proceedings found within the freedom of access laws and identify possible changes to these exceptions in order to streamline Maine law and thereby make it more easily understood and complied with by governmental employees;

5. Reconsider whether the need for any of the statutory exceptions, as currently worded, is outweighed by the State's general interest in ensuring citizens' access to public records and proceedings; and

6. Study whether and to what extent the freedom of access laws may be used as a harassment tool against local governmental entities and what remedies may be available and appropriate to deter any such harassment; and be it further

7.__Recommend whether the personal home contact information of public employees should be confidential and not subject to disclosure;

8.__Review the fees charged by agencies and officials for copies of public records and determine whether a cap on fees is