| 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. |