An Act To Provide State Funding for Fingerprinting of Educational Personnel
Maine Legislature, Session 123, LD 0090
Committee: Education and Cultural Affairs
Sponsors: COURTNEY, CEBRA, BARSTOW, BROWNE, CAMPBELL, DUPREY, JACOBSEN, THOMAS, TUTTLE
Amends: 20-A MRSA §6103, 25 MRSA §1542-A

Legislative Document 
No. 90 
S.P.34 
In Senate, January 9,2007 
An Act To Provide State Funding for Fingerprinting of Educational 
Personnel 
Reference to the Committee on Education and Cultural Affairs suggested and ordered 
printed. 
Presented by Senator COURTNEY of York. 
Cosponsored by Representative CEBRA of Naples and 
JOY J. O'BRIEN 
Secretary of the Senate 
Representatives: BARSTOW of Gorham, BROWNE of Vassalboro, CAMPBELL of Newfield, 
DUPREY of Hampden, JACOBSEN of Waterboro, McKANE of Newcastle, THOMAS of 
Ripley, TUTTLE of Sanford. 
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Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows: 
Sec. 1. 20-A MRSA §6103, sub-§3-A, as amended by PL 2005, c. 519, Pt. I, §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is repealed. 
Sec. 2. 20-A MRSA §6103, sub-§4, as repealed by PL 2005, c. 457, Pt.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. Expenses. The expense of obtaining the information required 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. Fingerprinting. The applicant shall submit to having fingerprints taken. The 
Maine State Police, upon p~'ment b~[ the applieant or any other entity required by law of 
the eKpenses speeified in subseetion 3 ft., shall take or cause to be taken the applicant's 
fingerprints and shall forward the fingerprints to the State Bureau ofIdentification so that 
the bureau can conduct state and national criminal history record checks. EKeept for the 
portion of the payment, if an~[, that eonstirntes the proeessing fee eharged by the Federal 
Bureau of Investigation, all mone~' reeeived by the Maine State Poliee for purposes of 
this seetion must be paid over to the Treasurer of State for deposit in aeeordanee with 
Title 20 A, seetion 6103, subseetion 10. 
Sec. 4. 20-A MRSA §6103, sub-§10, 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 eolleeted money received pursuant to subsection 3-A 1. 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 ofthis chapter. 
Sec. 5. 25 MRSA §1542-A, sub-§3, W, 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 3-A 1. 
Sec. 6. Reimbursement of payment for certification, authorization or 
approval. The Commissioner of Education, upon receipt of proof determined to be 
adequate by the commissioner, shall reimburse from money received for that purpose 
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.