| | C. The bureau office shall establish, through the | | Department of Administrative and Financial Services, Office | | of the State Controller, the Statewide Radio and Network | | System Reserve Fund account. The funds deposited in the | | account may include, but are not limited to, appropriations | | made to the account, funds transferred to the account from | | within the Department of Administrative and Financial | | Services, funds received from state departments and agencies | using the services provided by the bureau office, earnings | | by the fund from the Treasurer of State's pool and proceeds | | from the sale of system assets under the administrative | | control of the fund by the state surplus property program in | | the Department of Administrative and Financial Services, | | Bureau of General Services in accordance with paragraph B | | and other provisions of law. |
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| | | D. The fund may levy charges according to a rate schedule | recommended by the Director of the Bureau of Information | Services Chief Information Officer and approved by the | | Commissioner of Administrative and Financial Services | | against all departments and agencies using the services of | | the statewide radio and network system. |
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| | | E. Service charges for the statewide radio and network | | system must be calculated to provide for system acquisition | | costs, expansion costs, upgrade costs, necessary capital | | investment and fund management costs, replacement costs and | | sufficient working capital for the fund. |
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| | | F. Each department or agency using the services of the | | statewide radio and network system must budget adequate | | funds to pay for costs described in paragraph E. |
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| | | Sec. SS-5. 5 MRSA §1873, as amended by PL 2001, c. 388, §3, is | | repealed. |
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| | | Sec. SS-6. 5 MRSA §1877-A, sub-§1, as amended by PL 2001, c. 388, §4, | | is further amended to read: |
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| | | 1. Report to the Legislature. The commissioner and the Chief | Information Officer shall report to the joint standing committee | | of the Legislature having jurisdiction over appropriations and | | financial affairs at the beginning of the first regular session | | of each Legislature with respect to: |
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| | A. The degree of progress that has been made with respect | to the coordination of data processing and computer | programming within State Government: |
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