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PUBLIC LAWS OF MAINE
First Regular Session of the 120th

PART U

     Sec. U-1. 5 MRSA §1520 is enacted to read:

§1520.   Statewide Radio and Network System Reserve Fund

     1. Fund established. The Statewide Radio and Network System Reserve Fund, referred to in this section as the "fund," is established as an internal service fund in the Department of Administrative and Financial Services, Bureau of Information Services, referred to in this section as the "bureau," for the purposes of managing the fund and acquiring, expanding, upgrading and replacing a statewide radio and network system for use by state agencies. The bureau shall charge a fee to agencies using the statewide radio and network system in accordance with an established rate structure. Revenues derived from operations must be used to pay the costs of the lease-purchase to acquire a system, expand, upgrade and replace the system, and to manage the fund.

     Sec. U-2. Report on radio and network system. The Chief Information Officer of the Department of Administrative and Financial Services shall prepare a report on all activities undertaken pursuant to the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 5, section 1520, subsection 1, paragraph B and submit the report by January 31, 2002 to the Joint Standing Committee on Appropriations and Financial Affairs; the Joint Standing Committee on Criminal Justice; the Joint Standing Committee on Inland Fisheries and Wildlife; the Joint Standing Committee on Marine Resources; the Joint Standing Committee on Natural Resources; and the Joint Standing Committee on Transportation.

     Sec. U-3. Department of Administrative and Financial Services; lease-purchase authorization. Pursuant to the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 5, section 1587, the Department of Administrative and Financial Services, Bureau of Information Services may enter into financing arrangements on or after September 1, 2002 for the acquisition of hardware, software and systems to support the operations of the Statewide Radio and Network System Reserve Fund, established in Title 5, section 1520. The financial agreements may not exceed 7 years in duration and $8,700,000 in principal costs. The interest rate may not exceed 6% and interest costs may not exceed $2,100,000. Annual principal and interest costs must be paid from the appropriate line category allocations in the Bureau of Information Services, Statewide Radio and Network System Reserve Fund.

     Sec. U-4. Appropriations and allocations. The following amounts are appropriated and allocated from various funds.

ADMINISTRATIVE AND FINANCIAL SERVICES, DEPARTMENT OF
Statewide Radio and Network System
New Initiative: Provides funds to implement the statewide radio and network system replacement. The capital allocation will be used for planning and engineering services. The All Other funds will be used for the costs of a lease-purchase agreement or other financing vehicle construct and deployment. Provides for the transfer of funds from the General Fund to the newly established internal service fund.
General Fund 2001-02 2002-03

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Statewide Radio and Network System Reserve Fund 2001-02 2002-03

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