An Act To Improve Access to Data in the Central Voter Registration System
Maine Legislature, Session 124, LD 1627
Committee Amendment CA_A_H656 (House)

COMMITTEE AMENDMENT" ff" to H.P. 1155, L.D. 1627, Bill, "An Act To 
Improve Access to Data in the Central Voter Registration System" 
Amend the bill in section 8 in § 196-A in subsection 1 in paragraph B in the 7th line 
(page 2, line 33 in L.D.) by striking out the following: "date" and inse11ing the following: 
'year' 
Amend the bill in section 8 in § 196-A by striking out all of subsection 2 (page 4, 
lines 14 to 39 and page 5, lines I and 2 in L.D.) and inserting the following: 
'2. Fees. 
For the purpose of calculating fees pursuallt to this section, a record 
includes the information on one individual voter. Fees paid to the Secretary of State must 
be deposited into a dedicated fund for the purpose of offsetting the cost of providing the 
information and maintaining the central voter registration system and other authorized 
costs relating to compliance with the federal Help America Vote Act of2002, Public Law 
107-252, 116 Stat. 1666. A municipality may keep the fees paid to the municipality. The 
fees for information provided pursuant to this section are as follows: 
A. The fee for information provided in printed form is $1 for the first page and 25¢ 
per page for all additional pages, except that the fee for additional pages of mailing 
labels is 75¢ per page; and 
B. The fee for information provided in electronic form is based on the number of 
records requested. 
The fee entitles the requestor to receive the initial electronic 
rep0l1 or file and, upon request, up to 11 updates free of charge during the ·subsequent 
12-month period, except that no more than one free update may be requested during 
any 30-day period. The fee schedule is as follows: 
(1) For 900,00 I or more voter records, $2,200; 
(2) For 600,001 to 900,000 voter records, $1,650; 
(3) For 400,001 to 600,000 voter records, $1, 1 00; 
(4) For 250,001 to 400,000 voter records, $825; 
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COMMITIEE AMENDMENT" A" to H.P. 1155, L.D. 1627 
(5) For 150,001 to 250,000 voter records, $550; 
(6) For 100,001 to 150,000 voter records, $275; 
(7) For 75,001 to 100,000 voter records, $220; 
(8) For 50,001 to 75,000 voter records, $182; 
(9) For 35,001 to 50,000 voter records, $138; 
(10) For 25,001 to 35,000 voter records, $83; 
(11) For 15,001 to 25,000 voter records, $55; 
(12) For 7,501 to 15,000 voter records, $33; 
(13) For 1,001 to 7,500 voter records, $22; or 
(14) For 1 to 1,000 voter records, $11.' 
SUMMARY 
This amendment replaces date of bil1h with year of birth as a record that is made 
available from the central voter registration system for campaign-related and get-out-the-
vote purposes. It also provides that fees collected by the Secretary of State for provid ing 
records from the central voter registration system may be used to offset costs necessary to 
comply with the federal Help America Vote Act of2002. This amendment increases the 
fees for records proposed by the bill by 10%. 
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LD 1627 
LR 2450(02) 
An Act To Improve Access to Data in the Central Voter Registration System 
Fiscal Note for Bill as Amended by Committee Amendment "ff' 
Committee: Legal and Veterans Affairs 
Fiscal Note Required: Yes 
Fiscal Note 
Minor revenue increase - Other Special Revenue Funds 
Fiscal Detail and Notes 
Increasing fees collected by the Department of SecretalY of State for providing records from the central voter 
registration system is expected to increase Other Special Revenue Funds revenue by minor amounts not requiring any 
change to the budget. 
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