8. The Attorney General, or the Attorney General's designee;

9. One member representing the Maine Association of Broadcasters, appointed by the President of the Senate;

10. One member representing the Maine Freedom of Information Coalition, appointed by the Speaker of the House;

11. One member of the public, appointed by the President of the Senate; and

12. One member of the public, appointed by the Speaker of the House; and be it further

Sec. 3. Appointments; cochairs. Resolved: That all appointments must be made no later than 30 days following the effective date of this resolve. The appointing authorities shall notify the Executive Director of the Legislative Council upon making their appointments. The legislative members named to the committee shall serve as cochairs. When the appointment of all members is completed, the cochairs of the committee shall call and convene the first meeting of the committee no later than 15 days after the last member is appointed; and be it further

Sec. 4. Committee duties. Resolved: That the committee shall meet not more than 4 times to study state and local governmental compliance with Maine's freedom of access laws and other issues relating to citizens' access to public records and public proceedings. In examining these issues, the committee shall:

1. Review and analyze the Report on Public Records Audit, prepared by the Maine Freedom of Information Coalition in November 2002, and the recommendations made in the report;

2. Study what measures, if any, state and local governmental entities in Maine and in other states have taken to ensure their employees are knowledgeable about and comply with Maine's freedom of access laws or other comparable state laws;

3. Investigate and recommend ways in which governmental compliance with Maine's freedom of access laws may be meaningfully improved and calculate what, if any, costs may be associated with making such improvements;

4. Undertake a comprehensive inventory and review of the various exceptions to public access to records and proceedings