S.P. 77 - L.D. 180
An Act to Improve Access to Electronic Filing for Businesses
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:
Sec. 1. 5 MRSA §54 is enacted to read:
Every state agency, department, board, commission, institution, authority or public instrumentality that requires filing of information by businesses or the public:
1. Forms. Shall have the filing forms available for downloading from the Internet. This subsection takes effect June 1, 2000;
2. Inventory. Shall maintain an inventory of the forms available on the Internet.
Sec. 2. Plan for electronic filing. By December 1, 2000, as required by Title 5, section 54, subsection 2, every state agency, department, board, commission, institution, authority and public instrumentality that requires the filing of information by businesses or the public shall provide to the joint standing committee of the Legislature having jurisdiction over state government matters, the Governor and the Information Services Policy Board an inventory of the forms available on the Internet. The inventory must include the number of forms required to be filed with the state agency, department, board, commission, institution, authority or public instrumentality and a schedule of when each form is required to be filed by a business or a member of the public. Each state agency, department, board, commission, institution, authority and public instrumentality also shall submit a plan indicating when the forms will be accepted electronically by that entity.
Effective September 18, 1999, unless otherwise indicated.
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