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Amend the bill by striking out all of sections 1 to 3 (page 1, lines 2 to 16 in L.D.) and inserting the following:
‘Sec. 1. 1 MRSA §411, sub-§2, as amended by PL 2015, c. 250, Pt. A, §§1 and 2, is further amended to read:
 
2. Membership.   The advisory committee consists of the following members:
 
A. One Senator who is a member of the joint standing committee of the Legislature having jurisdiction over judiciary matters, appointed by the President of the Senate;
 
B. One member of the House of Representatives who is a member of the joint standing committee of the Legislature having jurisdiction over judiciary matters, appointed by the Speaker of the House;
 
C. One representative of municipal interests, appointed by the Governor;
 
D. One representative of county or regional interests, appointed by the President of the Senate;
 
E. One representative of school interests, appointed by the Governor;
 
F. One representative of law enforcement interests, appointed by the President of the Senate;
 
G. One representative of the interests of State Government, appointed by the Governor;
 
H. One representative of a statewide coalition of advocates of freedom of access, appointed by the Speaker of the House;
 
I. One representative of newspaper and other press interests, appointed by the President of the Senate;
 
J. One representative of newspaper publishers, appointed by the Speaker of the House;
 
K. Two representatives of broadcasting interests, one appointed by the President of the Senate and one appointed by the Speaker of the House;
 
L. Two representatives of the public, one appointed by the President of the Senate and one appointed by the Speaker of the House;
 
M. The Attorney General or the Attorney General's designee; and
 
N. One member with broad experience in and understanding of issues and costs in multiple areas of information technology, including practical applications concerning creation, storage, retrieval and accessibility of electronic records; use of communication technologies to support meetings, including teleconferencing and Internet-based conferencing; databases for records management and reporting; and information technology system development and support, appointed by the Governor.; and
 
O.  One representative having legal or professional expertise in the field of data and personal privacy, appointed by the Governor.
 
The advisory committee shall invite the Chief Justice of the Supreme Judicial Court to designate a member of the judicial branch to serve as a member of the committee.
 
In making appointments to the advisory committee, the appointing authorities shall take into consideration the racial and ethnic diversity of the State.’
Amend the bill by adding after section 6 the following:
‘Sec. 7. Appropriations and allocations. The following appropriations and allocations are made.
 
ADMINISTRATIVE AND FINANCIAL SERVICES, DEPARTMENT OF
 
Freedom of Access Training N346
 
Initiative: Provides funding to reimburse municipalities for costs associated with requiring certain municipal officials to complete freedom of access training.

GENERAL FUND	2019-20	2020-21	
All Other	$0	$33,300	
			
GENERAL FUND TOTAL	$0	$33,300	
 
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Amend the bill by relettering or renumbering any nonconsecutive Part letter or section number to read consecutively.
 
SUMMARY
This amendment is the majority report of the Joint Standing Committee on Judiciary.
This amendment explicitly requires that the appointments to the Right to Know Advisory Committee must take into consideration the racial and ethnic diversity of the State.
This amendment includes an appropriation to provide funds to reimburse municipalities for the costs required for additional municipal officials to meet the freedom of access training requirements.
FISCAL NOTE REQUIRED
(See attached)