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others who have provided a current e-mail or similar address and
expressed an interest in receiving such notice.

 
5. Section 605(e) does not apply to staff no action or
interpretative opinions, but does apply to rules, forms, orders,
statements of policy or interpretations adopted by the
administrator.

 
Maine Comments

 
1. Section 16605(5). Maine has added subsection (5)
regarding declaratory rulings, the substance of which appeared in
the Revised Maine Securities Act but not the model Uniform
Securities Act.

 
2. Section 16605(6): Maine has replaced the model Uniform
Security Act's provision regarding effect of compliance,
originally subsection (e), with a provision regarding good faith
conformity found in the Revised Maine Securities Act.

 
§16606.__Administrative files and opinions

 
1.__Public register of filings.__Subject to state record-
keeping requirements, the administrator shall maintain, or
designate a person to maintain, records or a register of:
applications for registration of securities; registration
statements; notice filings; applications for registration of
broker-dealers, agents, investment advisers and investment
adviser representatives; notice filings by federal covered
investment advisers that are or have been effective under this
chapter or the predecessor act; notices of claims of exemption
from registration or notice filing requirements contained in a
record; orders issued under this chapter or the predecessor act;
and interpretative opinions or no action determinations issued
under this chapter.__Records may be maintained in computer or
microform format or any other form of data storage, as long as
the records are readily accessible.

 
2.__Public availability.__The administrator shall make all
rules, forms, interpretative opinions, advisory rulings, consent
agreements and orders available to the public.

 
3.__Copies of public records.__The administrator shall furnish
a copy of a record that is a public record or a certification
that the public record does not exist to a person that so
requests. A rule adopted under this chapter may establish a
reasonable charge for furnishing the record, not to exceed $.50
per page, or for certification, not to exceed $10 per certified
record. A copy of the record certified or a certificate by the


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