An Act To ClarifY and Amend Laws Pertaining to Licenses Issued by the Department of Inland II Fisheries and Wildlife
Maine Legislature, Session 124, LD 1651
Committee Amendment CA_A_S407 (Senate)
Amends: 1 MRSA §402

COMMITTEE AMENDMENT "A" to S.P. 616, L.D. 1651, Bill, "An Act To 
ClarifY and Amend Laws Pertaining to Licenses Issued by the Department of Inland 
II 
Fisheries and Wildlife" 
Amend the bill by striking out all of section I (page I, lines 2 to 5 in L.D.) and 
inserting the following: 
'Sec. 1. 
MRS A §402, sub-§3, V, as corrected by RR 2009, c. I, §2, is 
amended to read: 
P. Geographic information regarding recreational trails that are located on private 
land that are authorized voluntarily as such by the landowner with no public deed or 
guaranteed right of public access, unless the landowner authorizes the release of the 
information; aRti 
Sec. 2. 1 MRS A §402, sub-§3, crrQ, as reallocated by RR 2009, c. I, §3, is 
amended to read: 
Q. Security plans, staffing plans, security procedures, architectural drawings or risk 
assessments prepared for emergency events that are prepared for or by or kept in the 
custody of the Department of Corrections or a county jail if there is a reasonable 
possibility that public release or inspection of the records would endanger the life or 
physical safety of any individual or disclose security plans and procedures not 
generally known by the general public. Information contained in records covered by 
this paragraph may be disclosed to state and cOLinty officials if necessary to carry out 
the duties of the officials, the Department of Corrections or members of the State 
Board of Corrections under conditions that protect the information from further 
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disclosure~; and 
Sec. 3. 1 MRSA §402, sub-§3, ~ 
is enacted to read: 
R. Beginning JanualY l, 2009, e-mail addresses in the possession of the Department 
of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife submitted through the depaliment's online licensing 
and registration service. 
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COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
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COMM1TfEE AMENDMENT 'A "to S.P. 616, L.D. 1651 
Sec. 4. 12 MRS A §10658 is enacted to read: 
§10658. Online customer e-mail addresses 
A person who obtains e-mail addresses designated as confidential under Title I, 
section 402, subsection 3, paragraph R through a request for information under Title 1, 
chapter 13 between January 1, 2009 and August I, 2010 may not distribute those e-mail 
addresses for solicitation, communication or notification purposes. A person that violates 
this subsection commits a civil violation for which a fine of not less than $500 or more 
than $1,000 may be adjudged. A person that violates this subsection after having been 
adjudicated as having committed 3 or more civil violations under this Part within the 
previous 5-year period commits a Class E crime.' 
Amend the bill in section 3 in paragraph D in the 3rd line (page I, line 16 in L.D.) by 
striking out the following: "may obtain at no cost is entitled to" and inserting the 
following: 'may obtain at no cost' 
Amend the bill by inserting after section 4 the following: 
'Sec. 5. Retroactivity. That section of this Act that enacts the Maine Revised 
Statutes, Title I, section 402, subsection 3, paragraph R applies retroactively to January 1, 
2009.' 
Amend the bill by relettering or renumbering any nonconsecutive Pali letter or 
section number to read consecutively. 
SUMMARY 
This amendment is the majority report and designates e-mail addresses received by 
the Department of lnland Fisheries and Wildlife through its online licensing and 
registration service as confidential and makes those e-mails confidential retroactive to 
January I, 2009. 
The amendment also provides that a person who obtained e-mail 
addresses from the department's online licensing and registration service through a 
request under the freedom of access laws between January I, 2009 and August 1, 2010 
may not distribute or use those e-mail addresses for solicitation, communication or 
notification purposes. It also provides that violations of that provision are civil violations 
for which a fine of not less than $500 or more than $1,000 may be adjudged. This 
amendment also removes the phrase "is entitled to" as proposed in the bill, retaining the 
phrase "may obtain" from cUlTent law regarding senior lifetime licenses to clarify that 
licenses and permits issued by the depatiment are a privilege and not a right. 
FISCAL NOTE REQUIRED 
(See attached) 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
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Approved: 03/04/10 Mac:.. 
LD 1651 
LR 2409(03) 
An Act To Clarify and Amend Laws Pertaining to Licenses Issued by the Department of Inland 
Fisheries and Wildlife 
Fiscal Note for Bill as Amended by Committee Amendment ,A" 
Committee: Inland Fisheries and Wildlife 
Fiscal Note Required: Yes 
Fiscal Note 
Minor cost increase - General Fund 
Minor revenue increase - General Fund 
Minor revenue decrease - General Fund 
:orrectional and Judicial Impact Statements 
Establishes new civil violations and Class E crimes 
The collection of additional fines may also increase General Fund revenue by minor amounts. 
Fiscal Detail and Notes 
Allowing residents who turn 70 at any time during the calendar year to obtain all hunting permits and licenses at no 
cost could result in a minor decrease in General Fund revenues not requiring any change to the budget. 
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