| (1) Fees must be sufficient to maintain, develop, | operate and expand InforME on a continuing basis. |
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| (2) Fees for premium services must be reasonable but | sufficient to support the maximum amount of information | and services provided at no charge. |
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| (3) The board may establish fee schedules that include | no charge for designated services for one or more | specified classes of users. If services are to be | provided at no charge to libraries, the services must | be provided to libraries designated as depository | libraries for government documents pursuant to 44 | United States Code, Chapter 19 and to any other | libraries the board designates. |
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| (4) Fees must be sufficient to ensure that, to the | extent possible, data custodians do not suffer loss of | revenues from sources that are approved or authorized | by law due to the operations of InforME. |
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| (5) Fees must be sufficient to ensure that data | custodians are reimbursed for the actual costs of | providing data to InforME. |
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| (6) Fees must be sufficient to meet the expenses of | the board;. |
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| (7)__The board may approve, when applicable, service | level agreements entered into by InforME and data | custodians for information, electronic services and | transactions provided by InforME. |
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| (8)__The board may establish a subscription fee for | subscribers; |
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| | Sec. 7. 1 MRSA §534, sub-§5, ¶¶K and L, as enacted by PL 1997, c. 713, | §1, are amended to read: |
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| K. Adopt rules pursuant to the Maine Administrative | Procedure Act to carry out this chapter. Notwithstanding | Title 5, section 8071, subsection 2, rules adopted pursuant | to this paragraph are routine technical rules; and |
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| L. Report annually beginning January 1, 1999 to the joint | standing committee of the Legislature having jurisdiction over | state government matters. The report must include a complete | list of services offered through the InforME system, the fees | associated with services and the criteria used to determine which | services are offered as premium |
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