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| | | An Act To Assist Visually Impaired Persons and Persons with |
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| | | Disabilities in Obtaining Information Regarding Current |
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| | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows: |
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| | | Sec. 1. 27 MRSA §40 is enacted to read: |
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| | | §40.__Accessible electronic information services |
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| | | 1.__Definitions.__As used in this section, unless the context | | otherwise indicates, the following terms have the following | | meanings. |
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| | | A. "Accessible electronic information service" means news | | and other information, including but not limited to | | newspapers, provided to eligible individuals from__a | | multistate service center using high-speed computers and | | telecommunications technology for interstate acquisition of | | content and rapid distribution in a form appropriate for use | | by such individuals. |
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| | | B. "Eligible individuals" means blind, visually impaired or | | disabled individuals who are eligible for library loan | | services through the Library of Congress and the National | | Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped | | pursuant to 36 Code of Federal Regulations, Section | | 701.10(b). |
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| | | C. "Qualified entity" means an agency, instrumentality or | | political subdivision of the State or a nonprofit | | organization that: |
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