Maine Revised Statutes, Title 1, § 521: Executive orders
The Governor must keep a file of current executive orders, make it available for public inspection at reasonable hours, and file and post each executive order within one week after issuance.
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Maine Revised Statutes, Title 1, § 531: Short title
This chapter may be known and cited as the "InforME Public Information Access Act." [PL 1997, c. 713, §1 (NEW).]
Maine Revised Statutes, Title 1, § 532: Definitions
This section defines terms used in the chapter, including Board, data custodian, electronic services, InforME, portal fee, premium services, subscriber, transaction, user, and user association.
- Electronic services
- Fees
- Public information services
Maine Revised Statutes, Title 1, § 533: InforME established; purposes
Information Resource of Maine, referred to as "InforME," is established with the following purposes: [PL 1997, c. 713, §1 (NEW).] 1. Electronic gateway. To serve as a self-supporting and cost-effective electronic gateway to provide and
- Electronic services
- Fund collection
- Public records access
Maine Revised Statutes, Title 1, § 534: InforME Board
1. Membership. The InforME Board, as established in Title 5, section 12004‑G, subsection 30‑A, consists of 15 voting members and 2 nonvoting, advisory members as follows: A. The Secretary of State or the Secretary of State's designee; [PL
- Board governance
- Fees
- Meetings
- Reporting
- Service approvals
Maine Revised Statutes, Title 1, § 535: InforME network manager; contract terms and duties
The Chief Information Officer must set the criteria, issue a request for proposals, and draft contract terms for the InforME network manager, and the network manager must carry out specified operational, reporting, recordkeeping, fee-setting, confidentiality, and fund-handling duties.
- Confidential information
- Government software contracting
- Network management
- Public procurement
Maine Revised Statutes, Title 1, § 536: Network manager and data custodian responsibilities
Data custodians and the network manager have specific duties about public information, confidentiality safeguards, notices, and a disclaimer for legislative-branch data. Some agencies may not duplicate InforME fee services unless authorized.
- Confidentiality safeguards
- Data management
- Public information services
Maine Revised Statutes, Title 1, § 537: Financial requirements
InforME may not take General Fund or other state funding, and its network manager must file an annual financial report and certified audit within 120 days after each fiscal year ends.
Maine Revised Statutes, Title 1, § 538: Copyrights, licensing restrictions and confidentiality
Information developed for InforME and public information made available through InforME is owned by the public, and the board, the network manager, and data custodians may not attach copyright or licensing restrictions to it.
- Copyright/licensing restrictions
- Public records
- User records
Maine Revised Statutes, Title 1, § 541: Definitions
This section defines “personal information” and “public entity” for the chapter, unless context indicates otherwise.
- Data governance
- Public sector
Maine Revised Statutes, Title 1, § 542: Notice of information practices
Public entities with a publicly accessible website must adopt a personal-information practices policy and post notice of those practices on the site.
- Personal information handling
Maine Revised Statutes, Title 1, § 547: Data governance program established
The Secretary of State and the Commissioner of Administrative and Financial Services must establish a data governance program and carry out specified implementation, consultation, reporting, inventory, and standards tasks.
- Data governance program
- Data privacy compliance
- Data sharing
- Records management
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Maine Revised Statutes, Title 1, § 551: Designation of paper
The Kennebec Journal is the state paper of this State, in which must be published all advertisements, notices and orders required by law to be published in the state paper. [PL 2011, c. 691, Pt. A, §1 (AMD).]
- Official publications
- Public notices
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Maine Revised Statutes, Title 1, § 5: Existing jurisdiction or ownership not waived
Sections 2 to 5 do not change the geographic area of a state statute that states the area precisely, and they do not waive or give up the State’s jurisdiction or ownership over covered areas.
Maine Revised Statutes, Title 1, § 601: Publication of legal notices and advertising
A newspaper qualifies for publishing legal notices only if it is in English, entered as second-class postal matter, and has general local circulation, unless a court orders otherwise.
- Legal advertising
- Legal notices
- Newspaper publishing
Maine Revised Statutes, Title 1, § 602: Additional media for publication of notices
This section says certain probate, foreclosure, and other legally required newspaper notices are valid despite section 601, for publications in the Coastal Journal and Somerset Gazette during the stated periods.
- Legal notices
- Newspaper publication
- Notice validity
Maine Revised Statutes, Title 1, § 603: Electronic notice
Newspaper legal notices must be posted on the newspaper’s publicly accessible website the same day they appear in print, with a home-page link and readable, prominent display; newspapers also may not charge extra for web posting or repository submission.
- Electronic repository
- Legal notices
- Website compliance
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Maine Revised Statutes, Title 1, § 6: Sovereignty in space
The State declares that sovereignty over the space above its lands and waters rests in the State, except where it has been granted to and assumed by the United States under a constitutional grant from the people of the State.
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Maine Revised Statutes, Title 1, § 711: Proclamation of Governor
If an enemy attack emergency makes it imprudent, inexpedient, or impossible to run State Government from Augusta, the Governor must declare a temporary seat of government and take needed steps for an orderly transition.
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Maine Revised Statutes, Title 1, § 712: Acts performed at emergency location are valid and binding
During such time as the seat of government remains at such emergency temporary location, or locations, all official acts now or hereafter required by law to be performed at the seat of government by any officer, agency, department or
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