Sec. O-1. 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, Office of Information Technology may enter into financing arrangements on or after July 1, 2006 with debt service commencing on or after July 1, 2007 for the acquisition of hardware, software and other systems retrofitting to support the operations of Maine Revenue Services tax administration. The financial agreements may not exceed 7 years in duration and $14,000,000 in principal costs. The interest rate may not exceed 7%. Annual principal and interest costs must be paid from the appropriate line category allocations in the Office of Information Technology.
Sec. O-2. Maine Revenue Integrated Tax System report. The Chief Information Officer shall develop a detailed analysis of the proposed upgrade to the Maine Revenue Integrated Tax System. The analysis must include a timeline for the upgrade process and business continuity planning. The Chief Information Officer shall present the analysis to the joint standing committee of the Legislature having jurisdiction over taxation matters and the joint standing committee of the Legislature having jurisdiction over state and local government matters no later than January 30, 2007.
Sec. O-3. Business continuance planning for major information services. The Chief Information Officer shall prepare a business continuity plan for each major state information system that details how operations will be continued if critical information systems or a state agency's current physical location is unavailable for an extended period of time. The Chief Information Officer shall present an interim report to the joint standing committee of the Legislature having jurisdiction over state and local government matters no later than January 30, 2007 and a final report no later than January 30, 2008.
Sec. O-4. Legislation authorized. The joint standing committee of the Legislature having jurisdiction over state and local government matters may report out a bill during the First Regular Session of the 123rd Legislature to make necessary changes in law to enhance the Legislature's oversight of statewide information technology as recommended by the Office of Program Evaluation and Government Accountability in its report concerning statewide information services planning and management.
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