The executive director shall ensure that the legislative staff maintains a statutory data base that contains the text of the Maine Revised Statutes and the appropriate history of each statutory unit.

The revisor shall update the statutory data base at least annually after the close of each regular legislative session and may update the data base more frequently.

The Legislative Council shall adopt policies governing access to and publication of the data contained in the statutory data base.

PL 1991, c. 336 (NEW).