An Act To Provide Funding to the Judicial Branch to Facilitate Reporting to the National Instant Criminal Background Check System
Maine Legislature, Session 126, LD 0888
Committee: Criminal Justice and Public Safety
Sponsors: DAVIS, THOMAS, AYOTTE, LONG, MARKS, SHAW, WILSON, BURNS

Legislative Document 
No. 888 
H.P. 615 
House of Representatives, March 5, 2013 
An Act To Provide Funding to the Judicial Branch to Facilitate 
Reporting to the National Instant Criminal Background Check 
System 
Reference to the Committee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety suggested and ordered 
printed. 
MILLICENT M. MacFARLAND 
Clerk 
Presented by Representative DAVIS of Sangerville. 
Cosponsored by Senator THOMAS of Somerset and 
Representatives: AYOTTE of Caswell, LONG of Sherman, MARKS of Pittston, SHAW of 
Standish, WILSON of Augusta, Senator: BURNS of Washington. 
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows: 
Sec. 1.  Appropriations and allocations.  The following appropriations and 
allocations are made. 
JUDICIAL DEPARTMENT 
Courts - Supreme, Superior and District 0063 
Initiative: Provides funding for the Judicial Department to enable it to transmit to the 
Department of Public Safety, State Bureau of Identification information concerning court 
orders for involuntary commitment in order for that information to be transmitted to the 
Federal Bureau of Investigation, National Instant Criminal Background Check System 
pursuant to the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 25, section 1541, subsection 3, paragraph C 
and Title 34-B, section 3864, subsection 12. 
PUBLIC SAFETY, DEPARTMENT OF 
State Police 0291 
Initiative:  Provides funding for the Department of Public Safety, State Bureau of 
Identification to enable it to transmit to the Federal Bureau of Investigation, National 
Instant Criminal Background Check System information concerning court orders for 
involuntary commitment. 
SUMMARY 
Public Law 2007, chapter 670 directs a court to transmit to the Department of Public 
Safety, State Bureau of Identification information on any order for involuntary 
commitment issued by the court and requires the commanding officer of the State Bureau 
of Identification to transmit that information to the Federal Bureau of Investigation, 
National Instant Criminal Background Check System for firearms background check 
purposes.  However, the court and the State Bureau of Identification are not required to 
transmit such information until sufficient funding is available to cover the costs 
associated with the reporting requirements.  Public Law 2007, chapter 670 provided one-
time funding to the Judicial Department and the State Bureau of Identification for such 
purposes but funding has not been available in subsequent years.   
GENERAL FUND 
2013-14
2014-15
All Other 
$200,000
$10,000
GENERAL FUND TOTAL 
$200,000
$10,000
GENERAL FUND 
2013-14
2014-15
All Other 
$25,000
$7,000
GENERAL FUND TOTAL 
$25,000
$7,000
This bill provides a General Fund appropriation to the Judicial Department of 
$200,000 in fiscal year 2013-14 and $10,000 in fiscal year 2014-15 and to the 
Department of Public Safety, State Bureau of Identification of $25,000 in fiscal year 
2013-14 and $7,000 in fiscal year 2014-15 to fund costs associated with the transmission 
of information to the Federal Bureau of Investigation, National Instant Criminal 
Background Check System on court orders for involuntary commitment.