10.__Report.__By January 15, 2007 and at least annually thereafter, the advisory committee shall report to the Governor, the Legislative Council, the joint standing committee of the Legislature having jurisdiction over judiciary matters and the Chief Justice of the Supreme Judicial Court about the state of the freedom of access laws and the public's access to public proceedings and records.

Sec. 2. 1 MRSA §431, sub-§3 is enacted to read:

3.__Advisory committee.__"Advisory committee" means the Right To Know Advisory Committee established in Title 5, section 12004- J, subsection 14 and described in section 411.

Sec. 3. 1 MRSA §432, as enacted by PL 2003, c. 709, §3, is amended to read:

§432. Exceptions to public records; review

1. Recommendations. During the second regular session of each Legislature, the review committee shall may report out legislation containing its recommendations concerning the repeal, modification and continuation of public records exceptions and any recommendations concerning the exception review process. Before reporting out legislation, the review committee shall notify the appropriate committees of jurisdiction concerning public hearings and work sessions and shall allow members of the appropriate committees of jurisdiction to participate in work sessions.

2. Process of evaluation. According to the schedule in section 434 433, the review advisory committee shall evaluate each public records exception that is scheduled for review that biennium. This section does not prohibit the evaluation of a public record exception by either the advisory committee or the review committee at a time other than that listed in section 433. The review committee shall use the following criteria to determine apply in determining whether each exception scheduled for review should be repealed, modified or remain unchanged:

A. Whether a record protected by the exception still needs to be collected and maintained;

B. The value to the agency or official or to the public in maintaining a record protected by the exception;