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An Act To Implement the Recommendations of the Right To Know Advisory Committee Concerning Public Access to Records Relating to Public-private Partnerships
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:
Sec. 1. 23 MRSA §4251, sub-§9, as enacted by PL 2009, c. 648, Pt. A, §1, is amended to read:
 
9. Legislative approval.   If the department determines that a public-private partnership proposal and draft agreement meets the standards of this subchapter, the department shall publish a notice of the determination on the department's publicly accessible website or through advertisements in newspapers as required in subsection 5, paragraph A. At least 30 days after providing the public notice, the department shall submit to the Legislature a bill that authorizes the agreement. The bill must include a statement that the proposal meets the standards in subsection 4, a summary of the substance of the draft agreement and a description of the nature and amount of state investment, if any, including effects on programmed capital work.
 
SUMMARY
This bill implements the majority recommendation of the Right To Know Advisory Committee.
Current law requires that the Department of Transportation submit to the Legislature a bill that authorizes the agreement that implements a public-private partnership for the development of a transportation facility. This bill requires the department to publish public notice on the department's publicly accessible website or in newspapers when it has determined that a public-private proposal and agreement meets the standards of the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 23, chapter 410, subchapter 5 and to wait at least 30 days after the public notice has been published to submit the bill.