An Act To . Revise the Laws Concerning Criminal History Record Infonnation and Intelligence and Investigative Infonnation
Maine Legislature, Session 126, LD 1493
Committee Amendment CA_A_H360 (House)
Amends: 16 MRSA §614, 29-A MRSA §2251

COMMITTEE AMENDMENT "A " 
to H.P. 1070, L.D. 1493, Bill, "An Act To 
. Revise the Laws Concerning Criminal History Record Infonnation and Intelligence and 
Investigative Infonnation" 
Amend the bill in Part A in section 2 in §708 in subsection 3 in paragraph A in the 
first line (page 6, line 28 in L.D.) by striking out the following: "and" and inserting the 
following: 'or' 
Amend the bill in Part A in section 2 in §709 by striking out all of subsection 4 (page 
8, lines 7 to 12 in L.D.) and inserting the following: 
'4. Judicial review. If an administrative appeal brought pursuant to subsection 3 is 
denied by the head of the criminal justice agency, that decision is final agency action 
subject to appeal to the Superior Court in accordance with Title 5, chapter 375, 
subchapter 7 and the Maine Rules of Civil Procedure, Rule 80C.' 
Amend the bill in Part A in section 2 in §709 by striking out all of subsection 6 (page 
8, lines 21 to 23 in L.D.) and inserting the following: 
'6. Right of access and review of court records. This section does not apply to the 
right of access and review by a person or the person's attorney of criminal history record 
infonnation about that person retained at or by the District Court, Superior Court or 
Supreme Judicial Court. Access and review of court records retained by the District 
Court, Superior Court or Supreme Judicial Court are as provided by rule or administrative 
order of the Supreme Judicial Court.' 
Amend the bill in Part A in section 3 in §805 in subsection 4 in the last line (page 11, 
line 28 in L.D.) by striking out the following: ",;",Q[" and inserting the following: 
'~' 
Amend the bill in Part A in section 3 in §805 in subsection 5 in the last line (page 11, 
line 34 in L.D.) by striking out the following: "record." and inserting the following: 
'record; or' 
Amend the bill in Part A in section 3 in §805 by inserting after subsection 5 the 
following: 
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'6. Secretary of State. The Secretary of State for use in the determination and 
issuance of a driver's license suspension.' 
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Amend the bill in Part B by inserting after section 6 the following: 
'Sec. B-7. 16 MRSA §614, sub-§3, ~, as amended by PL 2009, c. 181, §2, is 
further amended to read: 
D. A victim or victim's agent or attorney, subject to reasonable limitations to protect 
the interest described in subsection 1; aT' 
Sec. B-S. 16 MRSA §614, sub-§3, ~, as enacted by PL 2009,c. 181, §3, is 
amended to read: 
E. 
An advocate, as defined in section 53-B, subsection 1, paragraph A, with a 
specific agreement with a criminal justice agency and subject to reasonable 
limitations to protect the interests described in subsection 1. An agreement between 
an advocate and a criminal justice agency must, at a minimum, include provisions 
that: 
(1) Pennit the advocate to use reports or records that contain intelligence and 
investigative infonnation for the purpose of planning for the safety of the victim 
named in the reports; 
(2) Prohibit the advocate from further disseminating reports or records that 
contain intelligence and investigative infonnation; 
(3) 
Require the advocate to ensure that reports or records that contain 
intelligence and investigative information remain secure and confidential; 
(4) Require the advocate to destroy reports or records that contain intelligence 
and investigative infonnation within 30 days after receiving the report or record; 
(5) Permit the criminal justice agency to perform reasonable and appropriate 
audits in order to ensure that records containing intelligence and investigative 
information that are obtained by and that are in the custody of the advocate are 
maintained in accordance with the requirements of this paragraph; 
(6) Require the advocate to indemnify and hold hannless the criminal justice 
agency with respect to any litigation that may result from the provision of reports 
or records that contain intelligence and investigative information; 
(7) Pennit the criminal justice agency to immediately and unilaterally revoke an 
agreement made pursuant to this paragraph; and 
(8) Provide sanctions for any violations of this paragraph. 
The Commissioner of Public Safety may adopt a model policy to standardize the 
provisions contemplated in this paragraph7; or 
Sec. B-9. 16 MRSA §614, sub-§3, ~ 
is enacted to read: 
F. The Secretary of State for use in the determination and issuance of a driver's 
license suspension.' 
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Amend the bill in Part B by inserting after section 20 the following: 
'Sec. B-21. 29-A MRSA §2251, sub-§7-A, ~, as amended by PL 2011, c. 654, 
§8, is further amended to read: 
B. Except as provided in paragraph B-1 and Title 16, section 805, subsection 6, the 
Department of Public Safety, Bureau of State Police may not publicly disseminate 
personally identifying accident report data that are contained in an accident report 
database maintained, administered or contributed to by the Bureau of State Police. 
Such data are not public records forthe purposes of Title 1, chapter 13.' 
Amend the bill by relettering or renumbering any nonconsecutive Part letter or 
section number to read consecutively. 
S~Y 
This .amendment clarifies that Maine courts, unlike other criminal justice agencies, 
must provide their own internal procedures addressing access and review. 
It authorizes the release of intelligence and investigative record information to the 
Secretary of State for use in the determination and issuance of a driver's license 
suspension. 
It amends the provision of the bill regarding judicial review to eliminate unnecessary 
language. 
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