An Act To Require That Certain Applicant Information for Certain Local Government and School Administrative Positions Be Public upon Application
Maine Legislature, Session 128, LD 1084
Committee Amendment CA_A_H149 (House)
Amends: 20-A MRSA §6101, 30-A MRSA §503, 30-A MRSA §2702

COMMITTEE AMENDMENT "fl" to H.P. 762, L.D. 1084, Bill, "An Act To 
Require That Certain Applicant Information for Certain Local Government and School 
Administrative Positions Be Public upon Application" 
Amend the bill by striking out the title and substituting the following: 
'An Act Regarding Public Disclosure of Certain Applicant Information for Certain 
Local Government and School Administrative Positions' 
Amend the bill by striking out everything after section 1 and inserting the following: 
'Sec. 2. 20-A MRSA §6101, sub-§2, ~ 
is enacted to read: 
D. For an applicant for employment as superintendent, a school administrative unit 
may require public disclosure of the applicant's name and address at a specified point 
in the application process as a condition of eligibility for the position. 
Sec. 3. 30-A MRSA §503, sub-§1, 1A, as repealed and replaced by PL 1989, c. 
402, §2, is amended to read: 
A. Except as provided in this paragraph, applications, resumes, letters and notes of 
reference, working papers, research materials, records, examinations and any other 
documents or records and the info1mation they contain, solicited or prepared either by 
the applicant or the county for use in the examination or evaluation of applicants for 
positions as county employees. 
( 1) 
Notwithstanding any confidentiality provision other than this paragraph, 
applications, resumes and letters and notes of reference, other than those letters 
and notes of reference expressly submitted in confidence, pertaining to the 
applicant hired are public records after the applicant is hired. 
(2) Telephone numbers are not public records if they are designated as 
11unlisted
or 
11unpublished
in an application, resume or letter or note of reference. 
(3) 
This paragraph does not preclude union representatives from access to 
personnel records whloo that may be necessary for the bargaining agent to carry 
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out its collective bargaining responsibilities. 
Any records available to union 
representatives whleh that are otherwise covered by this subsection shall remain 
confidential and are not open to public inspectiont~ 
(4) For an applicant for employment as county administrator, a county may 
require public disclosure of the applicant's name and address at a specified point 
in the application process as a condition of eligibility for the position; 
Sec. 4. 30-A MRSA §2702, sub-§1, 1A, as repealed and replaced by PL 1989, c. 
402, §3, is amended to read: 
A. Except as provided in this paragraph, applications, resumes, letters and notes of 
reference, working papers, research materials, records, examinations and any other 
documents or records and the information they contain, solicited or prepared either by 
the applicant or the municipality for use in the examination or evaluation of 
applicants for positions as municipal employees. 
(1) Notwithstanding any confidentiality provision other than this paragraph, 
applications, resumes and letters and notes of reference, other than those letters 
and notes of reference expressly submitted in confidence, pertaining to the 
applicant hired are public records after the applicant is hired. 
(2) Telephone numbers are not public records if they are designated as 
11unlisted
or "unpublished" in an application, resume or letter or note of reference. 
(3) 
This paragraph does not preclude union representatives from access to 
personnel records whleh that may be necessary for the bargaining agent to carry 
out its collective bargaining responsibilities. 
Any records available to union 
representatives whleh that are otherwise covered by this subsection shall remain 
confidential and are not open to public inspectiont, 
(4) 
For an applicant for employment as city manager or town manager, a 
municipality may require public disclosure of the applicant's name and address at 
a specified point in the application process as a condition of eligibility for the 
position;' 
SUMMARY 
This amendment is the minority report of the committee. The amendment provides 
that for an applicant for the position of county administrator, city manager, town manager 
or school superintendent, the hiring authority may require public disclosure of the 
applicant's name and address at a specified point in the application process as a condition 
of eligibility for the position. 
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