An Act To Help Prevent Identity Theft
Maine Legislature, Session 123, LD 2093
Committee Amendment CA_A_H905 (House)
Amends: 33 MRSA §651-B

COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 'H " 
to H.P. 1479, L.D. 2093, Bill, "An Act To 
Help Prevent Identity Theft" 
Amend the bill by inserting after the title and before the enacting clause the 
following: 
'Mandate preamble. This measure requires one or more local units of government 
to expand or modify activities so as to necessitate additional expenditures from local 
revenues but does not provide funding for at least 90% of those expenditures. Pursuant to 
the Constitution of Maine, Article IX, Section 21, 2/3 of all of the members elected to 
each House have determined it necessary to enact this measure.' 
Amend the bill by striking out everything after the enacting clause and before the 
summary and inserting the following: 
'Sec. 1. 33 MRSA §651-B is enacted to read: 
§6S1-B. Privacy protection 
1. Definitions. As used in this section, unless the context otherwise indicates, the 
following terms have the following meanings. 
A. "Personal information" means an individual's first name or first initial and last 
name in combination with anyone or more of the data elements described in this 
paragraph: 
(1) Social security number; 
(2) Driver's license number or state identification card number; 
(3) Account number, credit card number or debit card number if circumstances 
exist such that the number could be used without additional identifying 
information, access codes or passwords; 
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(4) Account passwords or personal identification numbers or other access codes; 
or 
(5) Any of the data elements contained in subparagraphs (1) to (4) when not in 
connection with the individual's first name, or first initial, and last name if the 
information included would be sufficient to permit a person to fraudulently 
assume or attempt to assume the identity of the person whose information was 
included. 
2. Personal information on re!!istrv's website. 
If a document that includes an 
individual's personal information is recorded with a register of deeds and is available on 
the registry's publicly accessible website, the individual may request that the register of 
deeds redact that personal information· from the record available on the website. The 
register shall establish a procedure by which individuals make such requests at no fee to 
the requesting individual. The register shall comply with an individual's request to redact 
personal information.' 
SUMMARY 
This amendment replaces the bill. 
This amendment revises the listing of the data elements that are considered "personal 
information" to be consistent with current state law concerning data breaches. 
This amendment allows an individual to request that that individual's personal 
information inel uded in a document recorded with a register of deeds and available on the 
registry's publicly accessible website be redacted from the record available online. 
This amendment includes a mandate preamble. 
FISCAL NOTE REQUIRED 
(See attached) 
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Approved: 03/31108 frac. 
LD 2093 
LR 2932(02) 
An Act To Help Prevent Identity Theft 
Fiscal Note ror Bill as Amended by Committee Amendment "R" 
Committee: Judiciary 
State Mandates 
Required Activity 
Fiscal Note Required: Yes 
Fiscal Note 
State Mandate - Exempted 
Requiring the register of deeds to comply with an individual's request to redact 
personally identifiable information is a state mandate under the Constitution of 
Maine. Pursuant to the Mandate Preamble, the two-thirds vote of all members 
elected to each House exempts the State from the constitutional requirement to fund 
90% of the additional local costs. 
LR2932(02) - Fiscal Note - Page I of I 
U nit Affected 
Costs 
County 
Insignificant