An Act To Allow Law Enforcement Aqencies To Maintain Sex Offender Kebsites for Public Use Further amend the bill by striking out everything after the enacting clause and before the summary and inserting in its place the following: Sec. 1. 34-A MRSA §11221, sub-§II, as enacted by PL 2005, c. 423, §13, is amended to read: 11. Maintenance by bureau. Only the bureau ffiay is authorized to maintain a sex offender registry on the Internet for purposes of public access as described in subsection 9. baw eR~e~eeffieR~--~~--ffiaY--~~~~--~~r--eWR--~--e~~eRQe~ ~e~is~~ies--~e~--~&~~aa~-~-~~-~-~~-~~e£€~e£--aRQ--ffiay F~eviQe-a-~iRk-~e-~ae-B~~ea~~s-~R~e~Re~-seH-e~~eRQeF-Fe~is~FYT Sec. 2. 34-A MRSA §11221, sub-§12 is enacted to read: 12. Law enforCement agenc.y website. A law enforcement agency may maintain its own sex offender website and may make that information available for use by the public if: Page l-LR2672(2} COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
Maine Legislature, Session 122, LD 1831
Committee Amendment CA_A_H867 (House)
Amends: 34-A MRSA §11221

COMMITTEE AMENDMENT ,~" to H.P. 1271, L.D. 1831, Bill, 
Act To Allow Law Enforcement Agencies To Maintain Public 
Offender Registry Websites" 
"An 
Sex 
Amend the bill by striking out the title and substituting 
the following: 
'An Act To Allow Law 
Enforcement Aqencies 
To Maintain Sex 
Offender Kebsites for Public Use' 
Further amend the bill by striking out everything after the 
enacting clause and before the summary and inserting in its place 
the following: 
'Sec. 1. 34-A MRSA §11221, sub-§II, as enacted by PL 2005, c. 
423, §13, is amended to read: 
11. 
Maintenance 
by 
bureau. 
Only 
the 
bureau 
ffiay 
is 
authorized to maintain a sex offender registry on the Internet 
for purposes of public access as described in subsection 9. 
baw 
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Sec. 2. 34-A MRSA §11221, sub-§12 is enacted to read: 
12. 
Law enforCement agenc.y website. 
A law enforcement 
agency may maintain its own sex offender website and may make 
that information available for use by the public if: 
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COMMITTEE AMENDMENT A .. to H.P. 1271, L.D. 1831 
A. 
A notice is prominently posted on the website that 
expressly states that the website is not the official state 
sex offender registry under subsection 1 and that the law 
enforcement agency posting the website is solely responsible 
for the website's content: 
B. 
The website provide$.~ink to the bureau's Internet sex 
offender registry under subsection 1: 
C. 
The 
website 
contains 
information 
regarding 
only 
registrants who are domiciled. reside. attend college or 
school or work within the posting law enforcement agency's 
jurisdiction: and 
D. 
The information on the website is updated by the law 
enforcement 
agency as 
frequently as 
available 
resources 
permit. but no less than every 7 days. 
The law enforcement 
agency shall also prominently post on the website the date 
and time of the most recent update to the website.' 
SUMMARY 
This amendment replaces the bill. 
The amendment clarifies 
that only the 
Department of Public Safety, State Bureau of 
Identification may maintain a state sex offender registry on the 
Internet but authorizes 
law enforcement agencies 
to maintain 
their own sex offender websites for internal use and for use by 
the public if certain conditions are met. 
Specifically, in order 
to make a sex offender website available to the public, a law 
enforcement agency must post on its website that the website is 
not the official state sex offender registry and that the law 
enforcement agency posting the website is solely responsible for 
the website's content; provide a link to the bureau's Internet 
sex offender registry; post information regarding only 10-year 
and 
lifetime 
registrants 
who 
are 
domiciled, 
reside, 
attend 
college or 
school or work wi thin the posting law enforcement 
agency's jurisdiction; update the information on the website as 
frequently as possible, but no less than every 7 
days; 
and 
prominently display the date and time of the most recent update. 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT