Section 10-901 - Definitions.
§ 10-901. Definitions.
(a) In general.- In this subtitle the following words have the meanings indicated.
(b) Cost of providing a system product.- "Cost of providing a system product" means the cost to create, develop, and reproduce the product in printed or hard copy form.
(c) Cost of providing a system service.- "Cost of providing a system service" means the actual cost of providing the service, including a reasonable share of the overhead costs of the system.
(d) Governmental unit.- "Governmental unit" means:
(1) the State or a political subdivision, unit, or instrumentality of the State;
(2) a unit or instrumentality of a political subdivision of the State;
(3) a bicounty agency; or
(4) a combination of the entities specified in items (1) through (3) of this subsection.
(e) Overhead costs of the system.- "Overhead costs of the system" includes the costs of:
(1) data gathering and entry;
(2) database maintenance and update;
(3) hardware;
(4) quality control;
(5) software; and
(6) indirect costs.
(f) System.-
(1) "System" means an automated mapping-geographic information system in which geographically referenced data:
(i) are entered and stored electronically; and
(ii) can be manipulated to display selected geographic data.
(2) "System" includes data that define physical and nonphysical elements of geographically referenced areas.
(g) System products.- "System products" means drawings, lists, maps, narrative descriptions, photographs, or other hard copy formats that depict spatial data.
(h) System services.- "System services" means:
(1) electronic access to data in the system;
(2) online access to data in the system; and
(3) software programs to access data in the system.
[1992, ch. 630; 2009, ch. 60, § 5.]