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| | | An Act To Improve Funding for Telecommunications Relay |
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| | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows: |
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| | | Sec. 1. 35-A MRSA §7104, sub-§5, as enacted by PL 2003, c. 553, Pt. A, | | §4, is amended to read: |
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| | | 5. Funds for Communication Equipment Fund. The commission | | shall annually transfer $85,000 from a state universal service | | fund established pursuant to this section to the Communications | Equipment Fund established under Title 26, section 1419-A. In | addition to its authority under subsection 3, the commission may | require contributions to the state universal service fund in an | amount sufficient to collect the $85,000. |
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| | | If the Department of Labor, Bureau of Rehabilitation Services | | does not receive from federal or other sources funds in addition | | to the $85,000 sufficient to carry out the purposes of Title 26, | | section 1419-A, the commission, at the request of the Department | | of Labor, Bureau of Rehabilitation Services, may transfer from | | the state universal service fund to the Communications Equipment | Fund an additional amounts as long as: |
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| | A. The total transfer in any year does not exceed $122,500; | and |
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