Maine § 1520. - Statewide Radio and Network System Reserve Fund
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§ 1520.. Statewide Radio and Network System Reserve Fund
1. Fund established. The Statewide Radio and Network System Reserve Fund, referred to in this section as the "fund," is established as an internal service fund in the Department of Administrative and Financial Services, Office of Information Technology, referred to in this section as the "office," for the purposes of managing the fund and acquiring, expanding, upgrading and replacing a statewide radio and network system for use by state agencies. The office may charge a fee to agencies using the statewide radio and network system in accordance with an established rate structure. Revenues derived from operations must be used to pay the costs of the lease-purchase to acquire a system, expand, upgrade and replace the system, and to manage the fund.
A. The office shall work closely with all departments and agencies to identify radio and network requirements for the statewide system to ensure that agency program requirements are met to the maximum extent possible. The office shall:
(2) Maintain records of radio and network system requirements for all agencies using the system and make this information available to state agencies;
(3) Require state agencies to become part of the statewide radio and network system when replacing their current systems or purchasing new systems;
(4) Acquire, expand, upgrade or replace the statewide radio and network system in accordance with an established replacement plan; and
(5) Transfer radio equipment and network infrastructure into the fund from agencies using the system, purchase, lease, lease-purchase or enter into other financing agreements, in accordance with section 1587, for the acquisition, expansion, upgrade or replacement of the system or any of its components in accordance with paragraph B when it can be demonstrated that any such action or agreement provides a clear cost or program advantage to the State. [PL 2005, c. 12, Pt. SS, §4 (AMD).]
B. The Chief Information Officer, in conjunction with the agencies using the statewide radio and network system, operating as a board that may be referred to as "the Statewide Radio Network Board," shall establish the following:
(2) Specifications for systems and components to be acquired by the State; and
(3) Standards for the exemption or waiver of state agencies from the requirements of this section.
By January 15, 2002, standards must be developed for statewide radio and network system usage by all state agencies not exempted under subparagraph (3). [PL 2005, c. 634, §3 (AMD).]
C. The office shall establish, through the Department of Administrative and Financial Services, Office of the State Controller, the Statewide Radio and Network System Reserve Fund account. The funds deposited in the account may include, but are not limited to, appropriations made to the account, funds transferred to the account from within the Department of Administrative and Financial Services, funds received from state departments and agencies using the services provided by the office, earnings by the fund from the Treasurer of State's pool and proceeds from the sale of system assets under the administrative control of the fund by the state surplus property program in the Department of Administrative and Financial Services, Bureau of General Services in accordance with paragraph B and other provisions of law. [PL 2005, c. 12, Pt. SS, §4 (AMD).]
D. The fund may levy charges according to a rate schedule recommended by the Chief Information Officer and approved by the Commissioner of Administrative and Financial Services against all departments and agencies using the services of the statewide radio and network system. [PL 2005, c. 12, Pt. SS, §4 (AMD).]
E. Service charges for the statewide radio and network system must be calculated to provide for system acquisition costs, expansion costs, upgrade costs, necessary capital investment and fund management costs, replacement costs and sufficient working capital for the fund. [PL 2001, c. 439, Pt. U, §1 (NEW).]
F. Each department or agency using the services of the statewide radio and network system must budget adequate funds to pay for costs described in paragraph E. [PL 2001, c. 439, Pt. U, §1 (NEW).]
Source: official Maine text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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