| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows: |
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| | Sec. 1. Appropriations and allocations. The following appropriations and | allocations are made. |
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| Statewide Library Information System |
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| Initiative: Provides funds to negotiate and purchase licenses | for the publication of copyrighted materials and periodicals to | create a statewide database for use by state, school, public and | academic libraries in the State. The licensing agreement must | include, subject to the availability of funds, a full-text | reference collection, full-text newspapers, full-text consumer | health information and full-text periodical databases for general | research and business research. |
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| GENERAL FUND | 2005-06 | 2006-07 |
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| | All Other | | $450,000 | $450,000 |
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| GENERAL FUND TOTAL | $450,000 | $450,000 |
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| | This bill provides an appropriation to the Maine State Library | to fund on-line reference materials to provide access to | information from schools and libraries through statewide | licensing of reference materials. |
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