Public Laws

Chapter 539

H.P. 1651 - L.D. 2289

PART I

Sec. I-1. Department of Administrative and Financial Services; Statewide Radio and Network System; lease-purchase authorization. Pursuant to the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 5, section 1587, the Department of Administrative and Financial Services, Office of Information Technology may enter into financing arrangements on or after July 1, 2009 for the acquisition of hardware, software and systems to support the operations of the Statewide Radio and Network System Reserve Fund established in Title 5, section 1520. The financing arrangements may not exceed 7 years in duration and $15,000,000 in principal costs. The interest rate may not exceed 8% and interest costs may not exceed $4,890,000. Annual principal and interest costs must be paid from the Office of Information Technology, Statewide Radio and Network System Reserve Fund.

Sec. I-2. Department of Administrative and Financial Services; statewide enterprise system, e-mail; lease-purchase authorization. Pursuant to the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 5, section 1587, the Department of Administrative and Financial Services, Office of Information Technology may enter into financing arrangements on or after July 1, 2008 for the acquisition of a statewide enterprise system to facilitate e-mail archiving and related activities, including software, necessary hardware and peripherals and contractual services associated with the implementation and deployment of the system. The financing arrangements may not exceed $3,000,000 in principal costs and 5 years in duration. The interest rate may not exceed 8%, and interest costs may not exceed $700,000. The annual principal and interest costs must be paid from the appropriate line category in the Office of Information Services account.