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LR 3465
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facility for the homeless or a nonprofit organization that has
been determined to be exempt from taxation under the United
States Internal Revenue Code, Section 501 (c) and that
provides services to persons with physical or mental handicaps
as defined in section 4553, subsection 7-A.

 
D.__"Fire department" means a department required to report
to the State Fire Marshal pursuant to Title 25, section
2395.

 
2. Surplus property. Pursuant to this chapter and rules
promulgated adopted under section 1813, the Department of
Administration and Financial Services through the Bureau of
Purchases General Services shall allow private sales of surplus
property to homeless shelter sponsors and to educational
institutions.

 
3.__Computers to fire departments.__Notwithstanding any
requirement of this chapter or rules adopted pursuant to this
chapter, a fire department may purchase one personal computer
from the Bureau of General Services to be used for reporting to
the State Fire Marshal as required under Title 25, section 2395.__
The Bureau of General Services may charge a fire department only
the reasonable administrative and handling costs of no more than
$35 for the purchase of a personal computer under this
subsection.

 
FISCAL NOTE

 
The additional costs associated with adopting rules concerning
the sale of certain computers to fire departments can be absorbed
by the Department of Administrative and Financial Services'
Bureau of General Services utilizing existing budgeted resources.

 
Selling surplus computers to fire departments will reduce
revenue to the Department of Administrative and Financial
Services' Postal, Printing and Supply Fund. Currently, it costs
the department approximately $35 to ready a surplus computer for
sale and the average sale price is approximately $250. The
estimated reduction of dedicated revenue is $215 per computer.
The number of computers to be sold at this reduced price is not
known and therefore the total revenue loss can not be determined
at this time. However, the revenue loss is expected to be minor.

 
SUMMARY

 
This bill is proposed in place of LD 1903, "Resolve, to
Provide Computers to Rural Fire Stations." The bill specifies
that a fire department may purchase one personal computer from
the Department of Administrative and Financial Services, Bureau

 
of General Services to be used for the purpose of meeting the
department's reporting requirements to the State Fire Marshal
under the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 25, section 2395. The
Bureau of General Services may charge a fire department only the
reasonable administrative and handling costs of no more than $35
for the purchase of a personal computer under this bill.


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