An Act To Protect Critical Homeland Security Information and Information Technology Infrastructure and Systems Further amend the bill by striking out all of sections 2 and and inserting in their place the following: Sec. 2. 1 MRSA §402, sub-§3, 1fL, as enacted by PL 2001, c. 675, §3, is amended to read: L. Records describing security plans, security procedures or risk assessments prepared specifically for the purpose of preventing or preparing for acts of terrorism, but only to the extent that release of information contained in the record could reasonably be expected to jeopardize the physical safety of government personnel or the public. Information contained in records covered by this paragraph may be disclosed to the Legislature or, in the case of a political or administrative subdivision, to municipal officials or board members under conditions that protect the information from further disclosure. For purposes of this paragraph, terrorism" means conduct that is designed to cause serious bodily injury or substantial risk of bodily Page 1-LR1979(2) COMMITTEE 'AMENDMENT
Maine Legislature, Session 121, LD 1582
Committee Amendment CA_A_S190 (Senate)
Amends: 1 MRSA §402

COMMITTEE AMENDMENT "A" to S.P. 541, L.D. 1582, Bill, "An 
Act To Protect Critical Homeland Security Information" 
Amend the bill by striking out the title and substituting 
the following: 
'An Act To Protect Critical Homeland Security Information and 
Information Technology Infrastructure and Systems' 
Further amend the bill by striking out all of sections 2 and 
and inserting in their place the following: 
'Sec. 2. 1 MRSA §402, sub-§3, 1fL, as enacted by PL 2001, c. 
675, §3, is amended to read: 
L. 
Records describing security plans, security procedures 
or risk assessments prepared specifically for the purpose of 
preventing or preparing for acts of terrorism, but only to 
the extent that release of information contained in the 
record 
could 
reasonably 
be 
expected 
to 
jeopardize 
the 
physical 
safety of 
government 
personnel 
or 
the 
public. 
Information contained in records covered by this paragraph 
may be disclosed to the Legislature or, in the case of a 
political 
or 
administrative 
subdivision, 
to 
municipal 
officials or board members under conditions that protect the 
information from further disclosure. 
For purposes of this 
paragraph, 
"terrorism" means conduct that is designed to 
cause serious bodily injury or substantial risk of bodily 
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injury to multiple persons, substantial damage to multiple 
structures whether occupied or unoccupied or substantial 
physical damage sufficient to disrupt the normal functioning 
of a critical infrastructureT~ 
Sec.3. 1 MRSA §402, sub-§3, ~ is enacted to read: 
M. 
Records 
or 
information describing the 
architecture, 
design, 
access authentication. 
encryption or security of 
information technology infrastructure and systems. 
Records 
or information covered by this paragraph may be disclosed to 
the 
Legislature 
or, 
in 
the 
case 
of 
a 
political 
or 
administrative subdivision. to municipal officials or board 
members under conditions that protect the information from 
further disclosure.' 
SUMMARY 
This amendment deletes the substantive changes to the Maine 
Revised Statutes, Title 1, section 402, subsection 3, paragraph L 
proposed in the bill because the current law already covers 
information technology systems in the context of preventing or 
preparing for acts of terrorism. 
This amendment changes the language for a new category of 
records and information that are not public records: 
records or 
information 
that 
describes 
the 
architecture, 
design, 
access 
authorization, encryption or security of information technology 
infrastructure and systems. 
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