Sec. U-1. 5 MRSA §1520 is enacted to read:
§1520. Statewide Radio and Network System Reserve Fund
1. Fund established. The Statewide Radio and Network System Reserve Fund, referred to in this section as the "fund," is established as an internal service fund in the Department of Administrative and Financial Services, Bureau of Information Services, referred to in this section as the "bureau," for the purposes of managing the fund and acquiring, expanding, upgrading and replacing a statewide radio and network system for use by state agencies. The bureau shall charge a fee to agencies using the statewide radio and network system in accordance with an established rate structure. Revenues derived from operations must be used to pay the costs of the lease-purchase to acquire a system, expand, upgrade and replace the system, and to manage the fund.
A. The bureau shall work closely with all departments and agencies to identify radio and network requirements for the statewide system to ensure that agency program requirements are met to the maximum extent possible. The bureau shall:
(1) Ensure that the annual costs of the lease or lease-purchase are paid in a timely manner and that the financial affairs of the fund are properly managed;
(2) Maintain records of radio and network system requirements for all agencies using the system and make this information available to state agencies;
(3) Require state agencies to become part of the statewide radio and network system when replacing their current systems or purchasing new systems;
(4) Acquire, expand, upgrade or replace the statewide radio and network system in accordance with an established replacement plan; and
(5) Transfer radio equipment and network infrastructure into the fund from agencies using the system, purchase, lease, lease-purchase or enter into other financing agreements, in accordance with section 1587, for the acquisition, expansion, upgrade or replacement of the system or any of its components in accordance with paragraph B when it can be demonstrated that any such action or agreement provides a clear cost or program advantage to the State.
B. The Chief Information Officer and the bureau, in conjunction with the agencies using the statewide radio and network system, shall establish the following:
(1) Standards for statewide radio and network system operations;
(2) Specifications for systems and components to be acquired by the State; and
(3) Standards for the exemption or waiver of state agencies from the requirements of this section.
By January 15, 2002, standards must be developed for statewide radio and network system usage by all state agencies not exempted under subparagraph (3).
C. The bureau shall establish, through the Department of Administrative and Financial Services, Bureau of Accounts and Control, the Statewide Radio and Network System Reserve Fund account. The funds deposited in the account may include, but are not limited to, appropriations made to the account, funds transferred to the account from within the Department of Administrative and Financial Services, funds received from state departments and agencies using the services provided by the bureau, earnings by the fund from the Treasurer of State's pool and proceeds from the sale of system assets under the administrative control of the fund by the state surplus property program in the Department of Administrative and Financial Services, Bureau of General Services in accordance paragraph B and other provisions of law.
D. The fund may levy charges according to a rate schedule recommended by the Director of the Bureau of Information Services and approved by the Commissioner of Administrative and Financial Services against all departments and agencies using the services of the statewide radio and network system.
E. Service charges for the statewide radio and network system must be calculated to provide for system acquisition costs, expansion costs, upgrade costs, necessary capital investment and fund management costs, replacement costs and sufficient working capital for the fund.
F. Each department or agency using the services of the statewide radio and network system must budget adequate funds to pay for costs described in paragraph E.
Sec. U-2. Report on radio and network system. The Chief Information Officer of the Department of Administrative and Financial Services shall prepare a report on all activities undertaken pursuant to the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 5, section 1520, subsection 1, paragraph B and submit the report by January 31, 2002 to the Joint Standing Committee on Appropriations and Financial Affairs; the Joint Standing Committee on Criminal Justice; the Joint Standing Committee on Inland Fisheries and Wildlife; the Joint Standing Committee on Marine Resources; the Joint Standing Committee on Natural Resources; and the Joint Standing Committee on Transportation.
Sec. U-3. 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, Bureau of Information Services may enter into financing arrangements on or after September 1, 2002 for the acquisition of hardware, software and systems to support the operations of the Statewide Radio and Network System Reserve Fund, established in Title 5, section 1520. The financial agreements may not exceed 7 years in duration and $8,700,000 in principal costs. The interest rate may not exceed 6% and interest costs may not exceed $2,100,000. Annual principal and interest costs must be paid from the appropriate line category allocations in the Bureau of Information Services, Statewide Radio and Network System Reserve Fund.
Sec. U-4. Appropriations and allocations. The following amounts are appropriated and allocated from various funds.
ADMINISTRATIVE AND FINANCIAL SERVICES, DEPARTMENT OF
Statewide Radio and Network System
New Initiative: Provides funds to implement the statewide radio and network system replacement. The capital allocation will be used for planning and engineering services. The All Other funds will be used for the costs of a lease-purchase agreement or other financing vehicle construct and deployment. Provides for the transfer of funds from the General Fund to the newly established internal service fund.
General Fund 2001-02 2002-03
All Other 268,000
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Total 268,000
Statewide Radio and Network System Reserve Fund 2001-02 2002-03
All Other 268,000
Capital Expenditures 500,000
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Total 500,000 268,000
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