An Act To Exempt United States Military Recruiters from Paying Fees for Criminal History Record Checks
Maine Legislature, Session 128, LD 1092
Committee: Criminal Justice and Public Safety
Sponsors: MADIGAN, CYRWAY, AUSTIN, BERRY, FARRIN, GROHMAN, GUERIN, NADEAU, PERKINS
Amends: 25 MRSA §1541

Legislative Document
No. 1092
H.P. 766
House of Representatives, March 21, 2017
An Act To Exempt United States Military Recruiters from Paying 
Fees for Criminal History Record Checks
Reference to the Committee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety suggested and ordered 
printed.
ROBERT B. HUNT
Clerk
Presented by Representative MADIGAN of Waterville.
Cosponsored by Senator CYRWAY of Kennebec and
Representatives: AUSTIN of Skowhegan, BERRY of Bowdoinham, FARRIN of 
Norridgewock, GROHMAN of Biddeford, GUERIN of Glenburn, NADEAU of Winslow, 
PERKINS of Oakland.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows: 
Sec. 1.  25 MRSA §1541, sub-§6, as amended by PL 2015, c. 267, Pt. SSS, §4, is 
further amended to read: 
6.  Establishment of fees.  The State Bureau of Identification may charge a fee to 
individuals, nongovernmental organizations, governmental organizations that are engaged 
in licensing and governmental organizations that are not a governmental entity of the 
State, a county of the State or a municipality of the State or that are not persons 
conducting recruitment services for the Armed Forces of the United States for each 
criminal history record check requested for noncriminal justice purposes pursuant to Title 
16, chapter 7.  The requestor shall provide a name and date of birth for each record being 
requested.  A request made pursuant to 5 United States Code, Section 9101 must be 
accompanied by fingerprints.  A governmental organization that is engaged in licensing 
may charge an applicant for the cost of the criminal history record check.  The 
commissioner shall establish a schedule of fees that covers the cost of providing these 
services. One dollar of each fee generated under this subsection must be deposited to the 
Other Special Revenue Funds account within the Bureau of State Police to offset the cost 
of maintenance and replacement of both hardware and software associated with the 
criminal history record check system. The remaining revenues generated from these fees 
must be credited to the General Fund. 
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the full fee charged for fingerprint-supported 
criminal history record checks fees as collected pursuant to Title 20-A, section 6103, 
subsection 3-A must be deposited in the State Police program, Other Special Revenue 
Funds account for the purpose of funding the costs of the Department of Public Safety to 
administer the criminal history record check program.  Notwithstanding any provision of 
law, all fees associated with any criminal history record check requirements established 
after July 1, 2015 must be deposited in a dedicated revenue account for the purposes of 
paying costs incurred by the Department of Public Safety, State Bureau of Identification 
to conduct such checks. 
SUMMARY 
This bill provides an exemption to recruiters for the Armed Forces of the United 
States from the fee charged by the State Bureau of Identification for criminal history 
record checks.