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Agencies must make written records of certain approval, denial, dismissal, and nonrenewal decisions, state the reasons and findings, and keep the record available for public review.
People may inspect and copy public records, and agencies must process requests, respond within set time limits, and charge only the fees allowed here.
1. Records. Any person aggrieved by a refusal or denial to inspect or copy a record or the failure to allow the inspection or copying of a record under section 408‑A may appeal the refusal, denial or failure within 30 calendar days of the
An officer or employee of a state or local government entity who willfully violates this subchapter commits a civil violation.
This section establishes the Right To Know Advisory Committee and sets out its membership, meetings, duties, funding rules, compensation, staffing, and reporting requirements.
Certain officials, board members, and public access officers must complete public records and proceedings training, and they must document completion.
Covered public bodies must designate an existing employee as public access officer, and that officer must help manage public records requests, acknowledgments, estimates, access questions, and training.
An agency must consider whether software and other IT resources will maximize public access to public records, maximize exportability, and protect confidential information.
This section defines “public records exception,” “review committee,” and “advisory committee” for the subchapter, unless the context indicates otherwise.
The review committee may report legislation on public records exceptions, while the advisory committee must evaluate scheduled exceptions and report recommendations by the second regular session.
The advisory committee must use the listed schedule to guide reviews of public records exceptions and report recommendations to the review committee. It may adjust the schedule and must notify the review committee of those adjustments.
Before a proposed new public records exception or accessibility change can be enacted, the legislative committee must hold a public hearing, gauge support, and—if there is majority support—refer it for review; the review committee then evaluates it and reports back.
Intentionally removing, hiding, altering, damaging, destroying, or refusing to return certain state-office books, records, documents, or instruments is a Class D crime, except for books and documents kept in the State Library.
Sections 2 to 5 are not to be read as limiting the State’s jurisdiction based on citizenship or residence, or as limiting jurisdiction or ownership over certain waters and lands; they also must not be read to impair U.S. legislative jurisdiction over validly ceded areas that remain U.S.-owned.
This section defines “publications” and requires certain agencies and officials to send copies of publications and reports to the State Librarian.
This section defines "agency" for this subchapter.
All Maine reports, digests, statutes, codes and laws, printed or purchased by the State and previously distributed by law to the several towns and plantations within the State, shall be and remain the property of the State and shall be
Publications sold or furnished to a state, county, or municipal officer must be held in trust for the officer’s office, and must be handed over when the officer leaves office.
All publications printed or published by the State as a requirement of law shall set forth the authority for the same at an appropriate place on each copy printed or published. Publications printed or published by the State which are not
Addressees on state-expense mailing lists must be asked in writing at least once every 12 months whether they still want delivery.
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