An Act To Protect Licensing Information Provided to the Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife and To Require a Review of Public Access to Other Personal Information
Maine Legislature, Session 125, LD 0917
Committee: Judiciary
Sponsors: FITTS, TILTON
Amends: 1 MRSA §402

Legislative Document 
No. 917 
H.P. 677 
House of Representatives, March 8, 2011 
An Act To Protect Licensing Information Provided to the 
Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife and To Require a 
Review of Public Access to Other Personal Information 
Reference to the Committee on Judiciary suggested and ordered printed. 
HEATHER J.R. PRIEST 
Clerk 
Presented by Representative FITTS of Pittsfield. 
Cosponsored by Representative TILTON of Harrington. 
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows: 
Sec. 1.  1 MRSA §402, sub-§3, ¶P, as corrected by RR 2009, c. 1, §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; and 
Sec. 2.  1 MRSA §402, sub-§3, ¶Q, as reallocated by RR 2009, c. 1, §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 county 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 
disclosure.; and 
Sec. 3.  1 MRSA §402, sub-§3, ¶R is enacted to read: 
R.  Names, addresses, telephone numbers, e-mail addresses and other identifying 
information provided to the Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife for purposes 
of obtaining a license under Title 12, Part 13. 
Sec. 4.  Right To Know Advisory Committee review.  The Right To Know 
Advisory Committee, established in the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 1, section 411, 
shall review the accessibility of individual personal information contained in public 
records that may be requested from public agencies under Title 1, chapter 13.  For the 
purposes of this section, "individual personal information" includes individual names, 
addresses, telephone numbers, e-mail addresses and other personal information identified 
by the committee the publication of which would serve no reasonable public purpose.  
The committee shall report to the Joint Standing Committee on Judiciary by January 15, 
2012 identifying those instances in which individual personal information maintained by 
public agencies is accessible under the freedom of access laws and making 
recommendations regarding any statutory changes necessary to make confidential any 
such individual personal information for which disclosure would serve no reasonable 
public purpose. 
SUMMARY 
This bill provides that names, addresses, telephone numbers, e-mail addresses and 
other identifying information provided to the Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife 
for purposes of obtaining a license are not public records and directs the Right To Know 
Advisory Committee to review instances when public agencies maintain name of, contact 
information for and other personal information regarding individuals and make 
recommendations to the Joint Standing Committee on Judiciary regarding statutory 
changes necessary to protect individual personal information from disclosure if that 
disclosure would serve no reasonable public purpose.