| 2. Advisory members. Advisory members An advisory member |
| must be appointed by the Legislative Council to represent the |
| agencies of the Legislature that provide research and information |
| to the Legislature and its committees and an advisory member must |
| be appointed by the Chief Justice of the Supreme Judicial Court |
| to ensure that the needs of the Legislature and the Judiciary are |
| known and to inform them of available information, access and |
| innovations to be considered. Advisory members must also be |
| appointed by the Maine State Housing Authority, the Finance |
| Authority of Maine, the Maine State Retirement System and the |
| Maine Turnpike Authority. In addition, the Chancellor of the |
| University of Maine System and the President of the Maine |
| Technical College System each shall appoint an advisory member to |
| ensure that the needs of state institutions of higher education |
| are known and to encourage the development of compatible |
| information systems and the sharing of information and |
| technologies between educational institutions and agencies of |
| State Government. |