An Act To Provide State Funding for the Fingerprinting of School Personnel
Maine Legislature, Session 122, LD 1745
Committee: Education and Cultural Affairs
Sponsors: COURTNEY, CAMPBELL, ANDREWS, SULLIVAN, BABBIDGE, BEAUDETTE, HOGAN, JACOBSEN, TRAHAN
Amends: 20-A MRSA §6103, 25 MRSA §1542-A

Legislative Document 
No. 1745 
S.P.662 
In Senate, December 30, 2005 
An Act To Provide State Funding for the Fingerprinting of School 
Personnel 
Approved for introduction by a majority of the Legislative Council pursuant to Joint Rule 
203. 
Received by the Secretary of the Senate on December 28,2005. Referred to the Committee 
on Education and Cultural Affairs pursuant to Joint Rule 308.2 and ordered printed pursuant to 
Joint Rule 401. 
Presented by Senator COURTNEY of York. 
Cosponsored by Representative CAMPBELL of Newfield and 
JOY J. O'BRIEN 
Secretary of the Senate 
Senators: ANDREWS of York, SULLIVAN of York, Representatives: BABBIDGE of 
Kennebunk, BEAUDETTE of Biddeford, HOGAN of Old Orchard Beach, JACOBSEN of 
Waterboro, McCORMICK of West Gardiner, TRAHAN of Waldoboro. 
Printed on recycled paper 
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows: 
Sec. I. 20-A MRSA §6103, sub-§3-A, as enacted by PL 2005, c. 
457, Pt. CC, §1, is repealed. 
Sec. 2. 20-A MRSA §6103, sub-§4, as repealed by PL 2005, c. 
457, Pt. CC, §2, is reenacted to read: 
4. 
E~nses. 
The expense of obtaining the information 
reguired by this section must be paid by the State. 
Sec. 3. 20-A MRSA §6103, sub-§6, as amended by PL 2005, c. 
457, Pt. CC, §3, is further amended to read: 
6. 
Finqerprintinq. 
The applicant shall submit to having 
fingerprints taken. 
The Maine State Police, upon payment by the 
applicant or any other entity required by law of the expenses 
specified in subsection 
~-A ~, shall take or cause to be taken 
the applicant' s fingerprints and shall forward the fingerprints 
to the State Bureau of Identification so that the bureau can 
conduct 
state 
and 
national 
criminal 
history 
record 
checks. 
Except for the portion of the payment, if any, that constitutes 
the 
processing 
fee 
charged 
by 
the 
Federal 
Bureau 
of 
Investigation, all money received by the Maine State Police for 
purposes of this section must be paid over to the Treasurer of 
State feF-~-iB-~~-wi~R-~~~-~-6Q-AT-~~~-&lQ6T 
sy.Bseet;ieB-1Q. 
Sec. 4. 20-A MRSA §6103, sub-§IO, as enacted by PL 2005, c. 
457, Pt. CC, §4, is amended to read: 
10. 
Criminal History Record Check Fund. 
The 
Criminal 
History Record Check Fund is created as a dedicated fund within 
the Department of Education for the deposit of any fees collected 
pursuant to subsection i-A 
~. The purpose of the fund is to 
reimburse 
the 
Department 
of 
Public 
Safety, 
State 
Bureau 
of 
Identification for the cost of conducting the fingerprinting and 
needed state and national criminal history record checks pursuant 
to this section. The fund may not lapse, but must be carried 
forward to carry out the purposes of this chapter. 
Sec. 5. 25 MRSA §1542-A, sub-§3, 1[F, as amended by PL 2005, c. 
457, Pt. CC, §5, is further amended to read: 
F. 
The Maine State Police shall take or cause to be taken 
the 
fingerprints 
of 
the 
person 
named 
in subsection 1, 
paragraph G, at the request of that person and upon payment 
of the expenses specified under Title 20-A, section 6103, 
subsection i-A i. 
Page l-LR2490(l) 
Sec. 6. Reimbursement of payment for certification, authorization or 
approval. 
The Commissioner of Public Safety, 
upon receipt of 
proof 
determined to 
be 
adequate 
by 
the 
commissioner, 
shall 
reimburse amounts paid by those persons, including individuals or 
organizations placed under contract by 
a 
school, 
schools or 
school administrative units, who, prior to the effective date of 
this Act, have paid for the fingerprinting and conducting of the 
needed state and national criminal history record checks by the 
Department of Public Safety, Bureau of State Police, State Bureau 
of Identification, as required by the Maine Revised Statutes, 
Title 20-A, section 6103. 
SUMMARY 
This bill requires the State to pay for fingerprinting of 
school personnel. 
The bill also requires the State to reimburse 
those 
who 
have 
been 
fingerprinted 
and 
have 
paid 
for 
the 
fingerprinting.