An Act To Amend the "Freedom of Access Laws" To Exclude Public Employees' Home Addresses
Maine Legislature, Session 121, LD 1727
Committee: Judiciary
Sponsors: STRIMLING
Amends: 1 MRSA §402

Legislative Document 
No. 1727 
S.P.660 
In Senate, December 17, 2003 
An Act To Amend the "Freedom of Access Laws" To Exclude 
Public Employees' Home Addresses 
Approved for introduction by a majority of the Legislative Council pursuant to Joint Rule 
203. 
Received by the Secretary of the Senate on December 17, 2003. Referred to the Committee 
on Judiciary pursuant to Joint Rule 308.2 and ordered printed pursuant to Joint Rule 218. 
Presented by Senator STRIMLING of Cumberland. 
Printed on recycled paper 
JOY J. O'BRIEN 
Secretary of the Senate 
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows: 
Sec. 1. 1 MRSA §402, sub-§3, 1fL, as amended by PL 
2003, c. 
392, §2, is further 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 
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 infrastructure; aae 
Sec. 2. 1 MRSA §402, sub-§3, 1fM, as enacted by PL 2003, c. 
392, §3, is amended 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 disclosureT; and 
Sec.3. 1 MRSA §402, sub-§3, 1fN is enacted to read: 
N. 
The 
home 
addresses of employees 
of the State or 
a 
political 
subdivision. 
For 
purposes 
of 
this 
paragraph, 
"State" means the State or an office, department, agency, 
authority, commission, board, institution, hospital or other 
instrwnentality of the State, including the Maine Turnpike 
Authority, 
the 
Maine 
Port 
Authority, 
the 
Northern 
New 
England 
Passenger 
Rail 
Authority, 
the 
Maine 
Community 
College System, the Maine Veterans' Homes, the Maine State 
Retirement 
System, 
the Maine Military Authority 
and all 
other such state entities. 
For purposes of this paragraph, 
"political subdivision" means 
a city, town, plantation or 
county; an administrative entity or instrumentality created 
pursuant 
to 
Title 
30-A, 
chapters 
and 
119; 
an 
Page l-LR2428(1) 
incorporated 
fire-fighting 
unit 
that is 
organized 
under 
Title 13-8 and is officially recognized by any authority 
created by statute: a quasi-municipal corporation: a special 
purpose district, including. but not limited to, 
a water 
district, sanitary district, hospital district and school 
district of 
any 
type: 
a 
volunteer 
fire 
association 
as 
defined in Title 30-A, section 3151: or an emergency medical 
service. 
SUMMARY 
This bill exempts 
from 
the definition of public records 
subject to 
the 
so-called 
"freedom of access 
laws" 
the 
home 
addresses of employees of the State or a political subdivision, 
such as a town, city or county.