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2023 Maine Revised Statutes › TITLE 25: INTERNAL SECURITY AND PUBLIC SAFETY › Part 4: STATE POLICE › Chapter 191: ORGANIZATION; POWERS AND DUTIES; UNIFORMS; COMPENSATION; RESERVE CORPS › 25 §1508. Criminal justice telecommunications and radio communications systems

§1508. Criminal justice telecommunications and radio communications systems
1.  Telecommunications system.
The Bureau of the State Police shall provide for the installation, operation and maintenance of a criminal justice telecommunications system for the purpose of promptly collecting, exchanging and distributing information relating to criminal justice problems of the State, counties and municipalities. The system may be connected, directly or indirectly, with similar systems operated and maintained by other states or the Federal Government.
[PL 1999, c. 111, §1 (NEW).]
2.  Telecommunications expenses; revenue.
The Chief of the State Police shall provide for the location and maintenance of the central processing system and telecommunications lines. Federal agencies, state departments and agencies, counties and municipalities shall provide, at their own expense, the terminals, personnel and supplies for their proper operation. The Bureau of the State Police may charge the various federal agencies, state departments and agencies, counties and municipalities for the installation and maintenance of the end-user routers and modems necessary to connect to the criminal justice telecommunications system. Revenue received from federal agencies, state departments and agencies, counties and municipalities must be allocated for the purpose of funding the cost of providing the services.
[PL 1999, c. 111, §1 (NEW).]
3.  Guidelines.
The criminal justice telecommunications system must be installed, operated and maintained in accordance with the rules adopted by the National Law Enforcement Telecommunications System, the National Crime Information Center and the Chief of the State Police or the chief's designee. The character of the communications sent, the time, place and manner of sending messages and all matters connected with the system are under the control and management of the Chief of the State Police or the chief's designee.
[PL 1999, c. 111, §1 (NEW).]
4.  Radio communications and dispatch.
The Bureau of the State Police may provide, at the request of a municipality or county, radio communications and dispatch services to the municipality or county.
[PL 1999, c. 111, §1 (NEW).]
5.  Radio communications and dispatch revenue.
The Chief of the State Police may charge the various federal agencies, state departments and agencies, counties and municipalities for the radio communications and dispatch services. Revenue received from federal agencies, state departments and agencies, counties and municipalities must be allocated for the purpose of funding the cost of providing the services.
[PL 1999, c. 111, §1 (NEW).]
SECTION HISTORY
PL 1985, c. 275, §1 (NEW). PL 1999, c. 111, §1 (RPR).
2023 Maine Revised Statutes › TITLE 25: INTERNAL SECURITY AND PUBLIC SAFETY › Part 4: STATE POLICE › Chapter 191: ORGANIZATION; POWERS AND DUTIES; UNIFORMS; COMPENSATION; RESERVE CORPS › 25 §1509. Funding (REPEALED)

§1509. Funding
(REPEALED)
SECTION HISTORY
PL 2005, c. 664, §R1 (NEW). PL 2007, c. 537, §2 (RP).
2023 Maine Revised Statutes › TITLE 25: INTERNAL SECURITY AND PUBLIC SAFETY › Part 4: STATE POLICE › Chapter 191: ORGANIZATION; POWERS AND DUTIES; UNIFORMS; COMPENSATION; RESERVE CORPS › 25 §1509-A. Funding

§1509-A. Funding
Beginning in fiscal year 2013-14, state funding for the Department of Public Safety, Bureau of State Police must be provided as follows:   [PL 2013, c. 354, Pt. F, §1 (AMD); PL 2013, c. 368, Pt. EEE, §1 (AMD).]
1.  Highway Fund.
Thirty-five percent must be allocated from the Highway Fund pursuant to Title 23, section 1653; and
[PL 2013, c. 354, Pt. F, §1 (AMD); PL 2013, c. 368, Pt. EEE, §1 (AMD).]
2.  General Fund.
Sixty-five percent must be appropriated from the General Fund.
[PL 2013, c. 354, Pt. F, §1 (AMD); PL 2013, c. 368, Pt. EEE, §1 (AMD).]
SECTION HISTORY
PL 2007, c. 682, §1 (NEW). PL 2007, c. 682, §8 (AFF). PL 2013, c. 354, Pt. F, §1 (AMD). PL 2013, c. 368, Pt. EEE, §1 (AMD).
2023 Maine Revised Statutes › TITLE 25: INTERNAL SECURITY AND PUBLIC SAFETY › Part 4: STATE POLICE › Chapter 191: ORGANIZATION; POWERS AND DUTIES; UNIFORMS; COMPENSATION; RESERVE CORPS › 25 §1510. Collection of information regarding lawful firearm purchases

§1510. Collection of information regarding lawful firearm purchases
Except as necessary for the purposes of investigating suspected criminal activity or terrorism, administering civil, criminal or juvenile justice pursuant to Title 16, chapter 9 or protecting a person's health and welfare under Title 34‑B, chapter 3, subchapter 4, article 3, the State Police may not collect in its records any surveillance video, information or data concerning lawful firearm purchases obtained by the Maine Information and Analysis Center created by executive order of the Governor issued December 8, 2006.   [PL 2021, c. 384, §1 (NEW).]
SECTION HISTORY
PL 2021, c. 384, §1 (NEW).
2023 Maine Revised Statutes › TITLE 25: INTERNAL SECURITY AND PUBLIC SAFETY › Part 4: STATE POLICE › Chapter 191: ORGANIZATION; POWERS AND DUTIES; UNIFORMS; COMPENSATION; RESERVE CORPS › 25 §1511. Annual report regarding resource coordination agreements and other services

§1511. Annual report regarding resource coordination agreements and other services
Beginning January 1, 2024 and annually thereafter, the Bureau of State Police shall report to the joint standing committees of the Legislature having jurisdiction over criminal justice matters, transportation matters and appropriations and financial affairs regarding resource coordination agreements between the Bureau of State Police and county sheriffs' departments, including where those agreements are in place, a summary of the agreements and any changes to those agreements in the prior calendar year. The Bureau of State Police shall also provide to those joint standing committees a summary of the services provided by the State Police throughout the State. A joint standing committee may report out a bill to the Legislature based on the reports submitted to the committee pursuant to this section. As used in this section, "resource coordination agreement" means the coordination of services by the Bureau of State Police and a county sheriff to provide law enforcement services in response to requests by the public in a manner that maximizes efficiency and reduces duplication of effort.   [PL 2023, c. 443, §1 (NEW).]
SECTION HISTORY
PL 2023, c. 443, §1 (NEW).
2023 Maine Revised Statutes › TITLE 25: INTERNAL SECURITY AND PUBLIC SAFETY › Part 4: STATE POLICE › Chapter 192: MAINE COMPUTER CRIMES TASK FORCE (REPEALED) › 25 §1521. Maine Computer Crimes Task Force (REPEALED)

§1521. Maine Computer Crimes Task Force
(REPEALED)
SECTION HISTORY
PL 2001, c. 439, §QQQQ1 (NEW). MRSA T. 25 §1521, sub-§3 (RP).
2023 Maine Revised Statutes › TITLE 25: INTERNAL SECURITY AND PUBLIC SAFETY › Part 4: STATE POLICE › Chapter 192-A: MAINE COMPUTER CRIMES TASK FORCE (REPEALED) › 25 §1521-A. Maine Computer Crimes Task Force (REPEALED)

§1521-A. Maine Computer Crimes Task Force
(REPEALED)
SECTION HISTORY
PL 2003, c. 673, §T1 (NEW). PL 2003, c. 673, §T2 (AFF). PL 2005, c. 676, §2 (RP).
2023 Maine Revised Statutes › TITLE 25: INTERNAL SECURITY AND PUBLIC SAFETY › Part 4: STATE POLICE › Chapter 192-B: BUREAU OF CONSOLIDATED EMERGENCY COMMUNICATIONS › 25 §1531. Maine Communications System Policy Board (REPEALED)

§1531. Maine Communications System Policy Board
(REPEALED)
SECTION HISTORY
PL 2003, c. 678, §2 (NEW). PL 2007, c. 209, §§3-5 (AMD). PL 2009, c. 617, §§1-4 (AMD). PL 2013, c. 19, §2 (RP).
2023 Maine Revised Statutes › TITLE 25: INTERNAL SECURITY AND PUBLIC SAFETY › Part 4: STATE POLICE › Chapter 192-B: BUREAU OF CONSOLIDATED EMERGENCY COMMUNICATIONS › 25 §1532. Powers and duties of board (REPEALED)

§1532. Powers and duties of board
(REPEALED)
SECTION HISTORY
PL 2003, c. 678, §2 (NEW). PL 2013, c. 19, §3 (RP).
2023 Maine Revised Statutes › TITLE 25: INTERNAL SECURITY AND PUBLIC SAFETY › Part 4: STATE POLICE › Chapter 192-B: BUREAU OF CONSOLIDATED EMERGENCY COMMUNICATIONS › 25 §1533. Bureau of Consolidated Emergency Communications

§1533. Bureau of Consolidated Emergency Communications
The Bureau of Consolidated Emergency Communications, referred to in this chapter as "the bureau," is established within the department for the provision of emergency dispatch and 9‑1‑1 call-taking services to municipal, county and state government entities.   [PL 2019, c. 339, §1 (AMD).]
As used in this section, "9-1-1 call" has the same meaning as in Title 25, section 2921, subsection 17.   [PL 2019, c. 339, §1 (NEW).]
1.  Coordination with the Public Utilities Commission.
In accordance with a designation made by the Public Utilities Commission, the department shall provide 9‑1‑1 call-taking services.
[PL 2019, c. 339, §1 (AMD).]
2.  Director; duties.
The Commissioner of Public Safety shall hire a Director of the Bureau of Consolidated Emergency Communications, referred to in this chapter as "the director." The director shall establish and carry out policies and procedures. The director shall administer the bureau to safeguard the public safety by the provision of 24-hour per day 9-1-1 call-taking and dispatching services to first responders.
[PL 2019, c. 339, §1 (AMD).]
SECTION HISTORY
PL 2003, c. 678, §2 (NEW). PL 2009, c. 317, Pt. C, §1 (RPR). PL 2013, c. 19, §4 (AMD). PL 2019, c. 339, §1 (AMD).
2023 Maine Revised Statutes › TITLE 25: INTERNAL SECURITY AND PUBLIC SAFETY › Part 4: STATE POLICE › Chapter 192-B: BUREAU OF CONSOLIDATED EMERGENCY COMMUNICATIONS › 25 §1534. Consolidated Emergency Communications Fund

§1534. Consolidated Emergency Communications Fund
The Consolidated Emergency Communications Fund is created as an enterprise fund for the deposit of any payments made by municipal, county and state governmental entities. The fund may not lapse but must be carried forward to carry out the purposes of this chapter.   [PL 2005, c. 683, Pt. D, §1 (AMD); PL 2005, c. 683, Pt. D, §3 (AFF).]
SECTION HISTORY
PL 2005, c. 519, §OO1 (NEW). PL 2005, c. 683, §D1 (AMD). PL 2005, c. 683, §D3 (AFF).
2023 Maine Revised Statutes › TITLE 25: INTERNAL SECURITY AND PUBLIC SAFETY › Part 4: STATE POLICE › Chapter 192-B: BUREAU OF CONSOLIDATED EMERGENCY COMMUNICATIONS › 25 §1535. Fees for public safety answering point services and dispatch services

§1535. Fees for public safety answering point services and dispatch services
The bureau, in accordance with this section, shall establish the fees that must be paid by political subdivisions for public safety answering point services and dispatch services provided by the department to those political subdivisions, including services provided pursuant to section 2923‑A. All political subdivisions that are to be provided public safety answering point services and dispatch services shall provide to the bureau all information the bureau determines necessary in order to establish the fees.   [PL 2013, c. 19, §5 (AMD).]
As used in this section, "9-1-1 call" has the same meaning as in Title 25, section 2921, subsection 17.   [PL 2019, c. 339, §2 (NEW).]
1.  Fees.
The bureau shall seek to establish fees under this section that are based on the incremental costs of providing public safety answering point services and dispatch services to political subdivisions.
[PL 2013, c. 19, §5 (AMD).]
2.  Base funding level.
In order to determine incremental costs under subsection 1, the bureau shall first establish a base funding level, consistent with the department's legislatively approved budget for public safety answering point services and dispatch services, required to provide public safety answering point services and dispatch services to State Government entities. The base funding level must be based on services provided by the department prior to the provision of emergency dispatch and 9-1-1 call-taking services to municipal and county governments as a result of actions taken by the bureau under section 1533. The base funding level must be excluded by the bureau from its determination of incremental costs under subsection 1.
[PL 2019, c. 339, §3 (AMD).]
3.  Consideration of population.
If a fee established under this section for a political subdivision is based in whole or in part on population, the population of the political subdivision may not include persons held at a correctional facility, as defined in Title 34‑A, section 1001, subsection 6, within the political subdivision.
[PL 2011, c. 505, §2 (NEW).]
SECTION HISTORY
PL 2007, c. 622, §1 (NEW). PL 2009, c. 617, §5 (AMD). PL 2011, c. 505, §2 (AMD). PL 2013, c. 19, §5 (AMD). PL 2019, c. 339, §§2, 3 (AMD).
2023 Maine Revised Statutes › TITLE 25: INTERNAL SECURITY AND PUBLIC SAFETY › Part 4: STATE POLICE › Chapter 193: STATE BUREAU OF IDENTIFICATION › 25 §1542. Recording of fingerprints; photographs; palm prints (REPEALED)

§1542. Recording of fingerprints; photographs; palm prints
(REPEALED)
SECTION HISTORY
PL 1975, c. 763, §5 (RPR). PL 1981, c. 493, §2 (AMD). PL 1987, c. 512, §2 (RP).
2023 Maine Revised Statutes › TITLE 25: INTERNAL SECURITY AND PUBLIC SAFETY › Part 4: STATE POLICE › Chapter 193: STATE BUREAU OF IDENTIFICATION › 25 §1543. Officers to furnish information (REPEALED)

§1543. Officers to furnish information
(REPEALED)
SECTION HISTORY
PL 1973, c. 707 (AMD). PL 1975, c. 763, §6 (RP).
2023 Maine Revised Statutes › TITLE 25: INTERNAL SECURITY AND PUBLIC SAFETY › Part 4: STATE POLICE › Chapter 193: STATE BUREAU OF IDENTIFICATION › 25 §1544. Uniform crime reporting

§1544. Uniform crime reporting
It is the duty of all state, county, tribal and municipal law enforcement agencies, including those employees of the University of Maine System appointed to act as law enforcement officers, to submit to the State Bureau of Identification uniform crime reports, to include such information as is necessary to establish a Criminal Justice Information System and to enable the commanding officer to comply with section 1541, subsection 3. It is the duty of the bureau to prescribe the form, general content, time and manner of submission of such uniform crime reports. The bureau shall correlate the reports submitted to it and shall compile and submit to the Governor and Legislature annual reports based on such reports. The bureau shall furnish copies of such annual reports to all state, county, tribal and municipal law enforcement agencies.   [PL 2019, c. 621, Pt. E, §4 (AMD).]
The bureau shall establish a category for abuse by adults of family or household members, a category for cruelty to animals, a category for crimes that manifest evidence of prejudice based on race, religion, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity or ethnicity and a category for unintentional and intentional firearm discharges that are supplementary to its other reported information. The bureau shall prescribe the information to be submitted in the same manner as for all other categories of the uniform crime reports.   [PL 2021, c. 366, §30 (AMD); PL 2021, c. 369, §2 (AMD).]
SECTION HISTORY
PL 1975, c. 763, §7 (RPR). PL 1979, c. 578, §§6,7 (AMD). PL 1979, c. 677, §18 (AMD). PL 1983, c. 583, §26 (AMD). PL 1985, c. 779, §67 (AMD). PL 1987, c. 515, §3 (AMD). PL 1987, c. 695, §6 (AMD). PL 1991, c. 206, §1 (AMD). PL 1991, c. 206, §2 (AFF). PL 1997, c. 47, §1 (AMD). PL 2001, c. 399, §6 (AMD). PL 2019, c. 621, Pt. E, §4 (AMD). PL 2021, c. 366, §30 (AMD). PL 2021, c. 369, §2 (AMD).
2023 Maine Revised Statutes › TITLE 25: INTERNAL SECURITY AND PUBLIC SAFETY › Part 4: STATE POLICE › Chapter 193: STATE BUREAU OF IDENTIFICATION › 25 §1547. Courts to submit criminal records to the State Bureau of Identification

§1547. Courts to submit criminal records to the State Bureau of Identification
At the conclusion of a juvenile court proceeding or at the conclusion of a prosecution for a criminal offense except a violation of Title 12 or Title 29‑A that is a Class D or E crime other than a Class D crime that involves hunting while under the influence of intoxicating liquor or drugs or with an excessive alcohol level or the operation or attempted operation of a watercraft, all-terrain vehicle, snowmobile or motor vehicle while under the influence of intoxicating liquor or drugs or with an excessive alcohol level, the court shall transmit to the State Bureau of Identification an abstract duly authorized on forms provided by the bureau.   [PL 2009, c. 447, §24 (AMD).]
SECTION HISTORY
PL 1987, c. 281, §3 (RPR). PL 1995, c. 65, §A76 (AMD). PL 1995, c. 65, §§A153,C15 (AFF). PL 1999, c. 260, §B17 (RPR). PL 1999, c. 260, §B18 (AFF). PL 2009, c. 447, §24 (AMD).
2023 Maine Revised Statutes › TITLE 25: INTERNAL SECURITY AND PUBLIC SAFETY › Part 4: STATE POLICE › Chapter 193: STATE BUREAU OF IDENTIFICATION › 25 §1548. Fingerprinting of school children (REPEALED)

§1548. Fingerprinting of school children
(REPEALED)
SECTION HISTORY
PL 1973, c. 5 (RP).
2023 Maine Revised Statutes › TITLE 25: INTERNAL SECURITY AND PUBLIC SAFETY › Part 4: STATE POLICE › Chapter 193: STATE BUREAU OF IDENTIFICATION › 25 §1549. Request for fingerprints; fee

§1549. Request for fingerprints; fee
The State Police, the sheriffs and the chiefs of police in each of the cities and towns may take or cause to be taken and, upon payment of a $3 fee, may take or cause to be taken the fingerprints or palm prints, or fingerprints and palm prints, of any person who requests that the person's fingerprints or palm prints, or fingerprints and palm prints, be taken.   [PL 2001, c. 552, §2 (AMD).]
Such fingerprints and palm prints must be taken on a form provided by the requesting person or, if the person does not provide a form, upon the Noncriminal Fingerprint Record. Fingerprints, palm prints or demographic information taken or collected pursuant to this section, or copies thereof, may not be retained by the taker. The fingerprints, palm prints or demographic information must be forwarded to the State Bureau of Identification if required by statute or if the requestor requests that the fingerprints, palm prints or demographic information be forwarded to the State Bureau of Identification for the purpose of obtaining a criminal history record check.   [PL 2001, c. 552, §2 (AMD).]
SECTION HISTORY
PL 1973, c. 788, §109 (AMD). PL 1975, c. 763, §9 (RPR). PL 1975, c. 771, §264 (AMD). PL 1977, c. 78, §159 (RPR). PL 1993, c. 235, §1 (AMD). PL 2001, c. 552, §2 (AMD).
2023 Maine Revised Statutes › TITLE 25: INTERNAL SECURITY AND PUBLIC SAFETY › Part 4: STATE POLICE › Chapter 193: STATE BUREAU OF IDENTIFICATION › 25 §1550. Violations

§1550. Violations
Any person who fails to comply with the provisions of section 1542‑A, subsection 1 or 3, or with the provisions of section 1542‑A, subsection 4, imposing a duty to transmit criminal fingerprint records to the State Bureau of Identification, or with the provisions of sections 1544, 1547 or 1549 commits a civil violation for which a fine of not more than $100 may be adjudged.   [PL 2003, c. 510, Pt. B, §9 (AMD).]
SECTION HISTORY
PL 1975, c. 763, §10 (NEW). PL 2003, c. 510, §B9 (AMD).
2023 Maine Revised Statutes › TITLE 25: INTERNAL SECURITY AND PUBLIC SAFETY › Part 4: STATE POLICE › Chapter 193: STATE BUREAU OF IDENTIFICATION › 25 §1551. Report regarding operating under the influence offenses

§1551. Report regarding operating under the influence offenses
By April 1, 2020, and annually thereafter, the State Bureau of Identification shall report to the joint standing committee of the Legislature having jurisdiction over criminal justice matters regarding the incidence of operating under the influence offenses pursuant to Title 29‑A, section 2411. The report must include separate categories for offenses involving operating under the influence of alcohol, for offenses involving operating under the influence of intoxicating substances other than alcohol and for offenses involving operating under the influence of a combination of alcohol and other intoxicating substances.   [PL 2019, c. 121, §1 (NEW).]
SECTION HISTORY
PL 2019, c. 121, §1 (NEW).
2023 Maine Revised Statutes › TITLE 25: INTERNAL SECURITY AND PUBLIC SAFETY › Part 4: STATE POLICE › Chapter 194: DNA DATA BASE AND DATA BANK ACT › 25 §1571. Short title

§1571. Short title
This chapter may be known and cited as the "DNA Data Base and Data Bank Act."   [PL 1995, c. 457, §1 (NEW).]
SECTION HISTORY
PL 1995, c. 457, §1 (NEW).
2023 Maine Revised Statutes › TITLE 25: INTERNAL SECURITY AND PUBLIC SAFETY › Part 4: STATE POLICE › Chapter 194: DNA DATA BASE AND DATA BANK ACT › 25 §1572. Definitions

§1572. Definitions
As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise indicates, the following terms have the following meanings.   [PL 1995, c. 457, §1 (NEW).]
1.  CODIS.
"CODIS" means the Federal Bureau of Investigation's national DNA identification index system that allows for storage and exchange of DNA records submitted by state and local forensic DNA laboratories and is derived from the Combined DNA Index System.
[PL 1995, c. 457, §1 (NEW).]
2.  Crime lab.
"Crime lab" means the Maine State Police Crime Laboratory located in Augusta.
[PL 1995, c. 457, §1 (NEW).]
3.  DNA.
"DNA" means deoxyribonucleic acid.
[PL 1995, c. 457, §1 (NEW).]
4.  DNA analysis.
"DNA analysis" means DNA typing tests that derive identification information specific to a person from that person's DNA.
[PL 1995, c. 457, §1 (NEW).]
5.  DNA record.
"DNA record" means DNA identification information obtained from DNA analysis and stored in the state DNA data base or CODIS.
[PL 1995, c. 457, §1 (NEW).]
6.  DNA sample.
"DNA sample" means a biological sample provided by a person convicted or a juvenile adjudicated of one of the offenses listed in this chapter or submitted to the crime lab for analysis pursuant to a criminal investigation.
[PL 2003, c. 393, §1 (AMD).]
7.  FBI.
"FBI" means the Federal Bureau of Investigation of the United States Department of Justice.
[PL 1995, c. 457, §1 (NEW).]
7-A.  Juvenile.
"Juvenile" means any person who has not attained 18 years of age.
[PL 2003, c. 393, §2 (NEW).]
8.  State DNA data base.
"State DNA data base" means the DNA identification record system administered by the Chief of the State Police.
[PL 1995, c. 457, §1 (NEW).]
9.  State DNA data bank.
"State DNA data bank" means the repository of DNA samples maintained by the Chief of the State Police at the crime lab collected pursuant to this chapter.
[PL 1995, c. 457, §1 (NEW).]
SECTION HISTORY
PL 1995, c. 457, §1 (NEW). PL 2003, c. 393, §§1,2 (AMD).
2023 Maine Revised Statutes › TITLE 25: INTERNAL SECURITY AND PUBLIC SAFETY › Part 4: STATE POLICE › Chapter 194: DNA DATA BASE AND DATA BANK ACT › 25 §1573. Responsibility for DNA identification record system; procedural compatibility with the FBI

§1573. Responsibility for DNA identification record system; procedural compatibility with the FBI
1.  Responsibility for system.
The Chief of the State Police is responsible for DNA analysis and establishing, managing and administering the state DNA data base and the state DNA data bank to support law enforcement and for liaison with the FBI regarding the State's participation in CODIS. The state DNA data base must be physically located at the crime lab or at State Police Headquarters in Augusta. The state DNA data bank must be physically located at the crime lab.
[PL 1997, c. 608, §1 (AMD).]
2.  Procedural compatibility.
The state DNA data base established by the Chief of the State Police must be compatible with procedures specified by the FBI, including use of comparable test procedures, laboratory equipment, supplies and computer software.
[PL 1995, c. 457, §1 (NEW).]
3.  DNA analysis.
Notwithstanding subsection 1, the Chief of the State Police is not required to collect or analyze DNA samples collected pursuant to section 1574 unless adequate funding is available.
[PL 1995, c. 457, §1 (NEW).]
SECTION HISTORY
PL 1995, c. 457, §1 (NEW). PL 1997, c. 608, §1 (AMD).
2023 Maine Revised Statutes › TITLE 25: INTERNAL SECURITY AND PUBLIC SAFETY › Part 4: STATE POLICE › Chapter 194: DNA DATA BASE AND DATA BANK ACT › 25 §1574-A. Collection from person convicted prior to January 1, 1996 who reoffends (REPEALED)

§1574-A. Collection from person convicted prior to January 1, 1996 who reoffends
(REPEALED)
SECTION HISTORY
PL 2007, c. 294, §1 (NEW). PL 2011, c. 221, §1 (RP).
2023 Maine Revised Statutes › TITLE 25: INTERNAL SECURITY AND PUBLIC SAFETY › Part 4: STATE POLICE › Chapter 194: DNA DATA BASE AND DATA BANK ACT › 25 §1575. Procedure for collection of biological sample for DNA analysis

§1575. Procedure for collection of biological sample for DNA analysis
1.  Collection equipment.
The crime lab shall provide collection equipment or a kit for the collection of a biological sample required by section 1574 to persons authorized to collect samples.
[PL 2003, c. 393, §4 (AMD).]
2.  Person to draw blood sample.
Only a duly licensed physician, physician assistant, registered nurse, licensed practical nurse, person certified by the Department of Health and Human Services or person whose occupational license or training allows that person to draw blood samples may draw a blood sample for DNA analysis.
[PL 2003, c. 393, §4 (AMD); PL 2003, c. 689, Pt. B, §6 (REV).]
2-A.  Person to collect biological sample.
A person described in subsection 2, a corrections officer or other staff member of a county jail who is designated by the sheriff or jail administrator of that county jail or a corrections officer, probation officer, juvenile community corrections officer or other staff member of the Department of Corrections who is designated by the Commissioner of Corrections and is trained to collect biological samples may collect a biological sample that is not a blood sample.
[PL 2019, c. 369, §1 (AMD).]
3.  Liability.
A person authorized under this section to draw blood or collect other biological samples is not liable for damages or liable for the act of drawing blood or collecting another biological sample for DNA analysis when that person exercises due care in drawing blood or collecting the biological sample.
[PL 2003, c. 393, §4 (AMD).]
4.  Crime lab.
All biological samples collected pursuant to this Act must be forwarded to the crime lab for DNA analysis.
[PL 2003, c. 393, §4 (AMD).]
SECTION HISTORY
PL 1995, c. 457, §1 (NEW). PL 1997, c. 608, §4 (AMD). PL 2003, c. 393, §4 (AMD). PL 2003, c. 689, §B6 (REV). PL 2005, c. 329, §5 (AMD). PL 2019, c. 369, §1 (AMD).
2023 Maine Revised Statutes › TITLE 25: INTERNAL SECURITY AND PUBLIC SAFETY › Part 4: STATE POLICE › Chapter 194: DNA DATA BASE AND DATA BANK ACT › 25 §1576. Procedure for collection; conducting DNA analysis

§1576. Procedure for collection; conducting DNA analysis
The Chief of the State Police may adopt rules governing the procedures to be used in the collection, submission, identification, analysis and storage of DNA samples and the results of the typing of biological samples submitted pursuant to this Act. The biological sample must be securely stored in the state DNA data bank. The results of the typing of the biological samples must be securely stored in the state DNA data base.   [PL 2003, c. 393, §5 (AMD).]
SECTION HISTORY
PL 1995, c. 457, §1 (NEW). PL 2003, c. 393, §5 (AMD).
2023 Maine Revised Statutes › TITLE 25: INTERNAL SECURITY AND PUBLIC SAFETY › Part 4: STATE POLICE › Chapter 194: DNA DATA BASE AND DATA BANK ACT › 25 §1577. DNA records

§1577. DNA records
1.  Confidentiality.
All DNA records are confidential and may not be disclosed to any person or agency unless disclosure is authorized by this section.
[PL 1995, c. 457, §1 (NEW).]
2.  Access to records.
The following persons or agencies may have access to DNA records:
A. Local, county, state and federal criminal justice and law enforcement agencies, including forensic laboratories serving the agencies, for identification purposes that further official criminal investigations;   [PL 1995, c. 457, §1 (NEW).]
B. The FBI for storage and maintenance of CODIS;   [PL 1995, c. 457, §1 (NEW).]
C. Medical examiners and coroners for the purpose of identifying remains; and   [PL 1995, c. 457, §1 (NEW).]
D. A person who has been identified and charged with a criminal offense or a juvenile crime as a result of a search of DNA records stored in the state DNA data base. A person who has been identified and charged with a criminal offense or a juvenile crime has access only to that person's records and any other records that person is entitled to under the Maine Rules of Evidence.   [PL 2003, c. 393, §6 (AMD).]
[PL 2003, c. 393, §6 (AMD).]
3.  Statistical interpretation.
Notwithstanding subsections 1 and 2, DNA records may be released to advance DNA analysis methods and support statistical interpretation of DNA analysis, including development of population data bases, if personal identifying information is removed from DNA records prior to the release of those records.
[PL 1995, c. 457, §1 (NEW).]
4.  Expungement.
A person whose DNA record has been stored in the state DNA data base may petition the Superior Court for expungement on the ground that the conviction or adjudication justifying the inclusion of the DNA record in the state DNA data base has been reversed or dismissed. Upon receipt of an expungement order and a certified copy of the order reversing and dismissing the conviction or adjudication, the Chief of the State Police shall purge from the state DNA data base the DNA record and all identifiable information resulting exclusively from the reversed conviction or adjudication.
[PL 2003, c. 393, §7 (AMD).]
SECTION HISTORY
PL 1995, c. 457, §1 (NEW). PL 2003, c. 393, §§6,7 (AMD).
2023 Maine Revised Statutes › TITLE 25: INTERNAL SECURITY AND PUBLIC SAFETY › Part 4: STATE POLICE › Chapter 194: DNA DATA BASE AND DATA BANK ACT › 25 §1578. Unlawful dissemination

§1578. Unlawful dissemination
1.  Offense.
A person is guilty of unlawful dissemination of a DNA record if the person knowingly disseminates a DNA record in violation of this Act.
[PL 1995, c. 457, §1 (NEW).]
2.  Penalty.
Unlawful dissemination of a DNA record is a Class E crime.
[PL 1995, c. 457, §1 (NEW).]
SECTION HISTORY
PL 1995, c. 457, §1 (NEW).
2023 Maine Revised Statutes › TITLE 25: INTERNAL SECURITY AND PUBLIC SAFETY › Part 4: STATE POLICE › Chapter 195: STATE POLICE RETIREMENT SYSTEM › 25 §1591. System; limitation (REPEALED)

§1591. System; limitation
(REPEALED)
SECTION HISTORY
PL 1973, c. 395 (RPR). PL 1973, c. 412, §1 (AMD). PL 1973, c. 625, §165 (RPR). PL 1975, c. 208, §1 (RP).
2023 Maine Revised Statutes › TITLE 25: INTERNAL SECURITY AND PUBLIC SAFETY › Part 4: STATE POLICE › Chapter 195: STATE POLICE RETIREMENT SYSTEM › 25 §1592. Military leave credits

§1592. Military leave credits
No credits toward retirement under section 1591 shall be allowed to any member of the State Police in military service beyond the period of first enlistment or induction into the Armed Forces of the United States unless the individual involved is compelled to continue service under some mandatory provision.
2023 Maine Revised Statutes › TITLE 25: INTERNAL SECURITY AND PUBLIC SAFETY › Part 4: STATE POLICE › Chapter 195: STATE POLICE RETIREMENT SYSTEM › 25 §1593. Provision for payment

§1593. Provision for payment
Funds for the payment of the retirement pay of state police officers shall be included in the annual budget of the Bureau of State Police and the amounts necessary to pay such retirement pay shall be in addition to the regular appropriation for the support of the department.   [PL 1975, c. 207 (AMD).]
SECTION HISTORY
PL 1971, c. 592, §37 (AMD). PL 1975, c. 207 (AMD).
2023 Maine Revised Statutes › TITLE 25: INTERNAL SECURITY AND PUBLIC SAFETY › Part 4: STATE POLICE › Chapter 195: STATE POLICE RETIREMENT SYSTEM › 25 §1594. Occupational disability

§1594. Occupational disability
Upon the filing with the Chief of the State Police of an application by a member of the State Police in service and upon the determination by the chief that the member has incurred permanent disability as a result of injuries received in the line of duty, the member may be retired on a disability retirement allowance equal to 1/2 of the pay per year that is paid to a member of the grade at which the member was employed at the time of the disability. A medical board of 3 physicians, designated by the Chief of the State Police, after a medical examination of the member of the State Police, shall first certify that the member is mentally or physically incapacitated for further performance of duty, that the incapacity is likely to be permanent and that the member should be retired.   [RR 2023, c. 1, Pt. C, §45 (COR).]
This section shall apply only to persons who were members of the State Police on July 9, 1943.
SECTION HISTORY
RR 2023, c. 1, Pt. C, §45 (COR).
2023 Maine Revised Statutes › TITLE 25: INTERNAL SECURITY AND PUBLIC SAFETY › Part 4: STATE POLICE › Chapter 195: STATE POLICE RETIREMENT SYSTEM › 25 §1595. Retirement benefits to spouses extended

§1595. Retirement benefits to spouses extended
A surviving spouse must be paid 1/2 of the amount that any member of the State Police, including the Chief of the State Police, is receiving either as a pension or a disability retirement allowance under this chapter, and those payments must continue for the remainder of the spouse's lifetime or until the spouse remarries. Payments to the member cease as of the day of the member's death and begin to the member's surviving spouse on the following day.   [RR 2023, c. 1, Pt. C, §46 (COR).]
This section applies to a surviving spouse of any member of the State Police who at the time of that member's death had been eligible to receive or was receiving a pension or a disability retirement allowance under this chapter. Payments to those who were surviving spouses on September 3, 1965 must be based upon the amount of pension or disability retirement that the member would have been entitled to receive as of September 3, 1965 under this chapter.   [RR 2023, c. 1, Pt. C, §46 (COR).]
SECTION HISTORY
PL 1965, c. 387, §§1,2 (NEW). PL 1967, c. 454 (AMD). RR 2023, c. 1, Pt. C, §46 (COR).
2023 Maine Revised Statutes › TITLE 25: INTERNAL SECURITY AND PUBLIC SAFETY › Part 4: STATE POLICE › Chapter 197: RECORDS › 25 §1631. Records confidential (REPEALED)

§1631. Records confidential
(REPEALED)
SECTION HISTORY
PL 1971, c. 592, §37 (AMD). PL 1991, c. 729, §§4,5 (AMD). PL 1993, c. 376, §3 (RP).
2023 Maine Revised Statutes › TITLE 25: INTERNAL SECURITY AND PUBLIC SAFETY › Part 4: STATE POLICE › Chapter 198: NEW ENGLAND STATE POLICE COMPACT › 25 §1665. Compact entered into by State

§1665. Compact entered into by State
The New England State Police Compact is hereby entered into and enacted into law with any and all of the states legally joining therein in the form substantially as follows.   [PL 1965, c. 435 (NEW).]
SECTION HISTORY
PL 1965, c. 435 (NEW).
2023 Maine Revised Statutes › TITLE 25: INTERNAL SECURITY AND PUBLIC SAFETY › Part 4: STATE POLICE › Chapter 198: NEW ENGLAND STATE POLICE COMPACT › 25 §1666. Purposes -- Article I

§1666. Purposes -- Article I
The purposes of this compact are to:   [PL 1965, c. 435 (NEW).]
1.  Detection and apprehension.
Provide close and effective cooperation and assistance in detecting and apprehending those engaged in organized criminal activities;
[PL 1965, c. 435 (NEW).]
2.  Criminal intelligence bureau.
Establish and maintain a central criminal intelligence bureau to gather, evaluate and disseminate to the appropriate law enforcement officers of the party states information concerning organized crime, its leaders and their associates;
[PL 1965, c. 435 (NEW).]
3.  Emergency assistance.
Provide mutual aid and assistance in the event of police emergencies, and to provide for the powers, duties, rights, privileges and immunities of police personnel when rendering such aid.
[PL 1965, c. 435 (NEW).]
SECTION HISTORY
PL 1965, c. 435 (NEW).
2023 Maine Revised Statutes › TITLE 25: INTERNAL SECURITY AND PUBLIC SAFETY › Part 4: STATE POLICE › Chapter 198: NEW ENGLAND STATE POLICE COMPACT › 25 §1667. Entry into force and withdrawal -- Article II

§1667. Entry into force and withdrawal -- Article II
1.  Force and effect.
This compact shall enter into force when enacted into law by any 3 of the States of Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island and Vermont. Thereafter, this compact shall become effective as to any other of the aforementioned states upon its enactment thereof.
[PL 1965, c. 435 (NEW).]
2.  Withdrawal.
Any party state may withdraw from this compact by enacting a statute repealing the same, but no such withdrawal shall take effect until one year after the governor of the withdrawing state has given notice in writing of the withdrawal to the governors of all other party states. No withdrawal shall affect any liability already incurred by or chargeable to a party state prior to the time of such withdrawal, and any records, files or information obtained by officers or employees of a withdrawing state shall continue to be kept, used and disposed of only in such manner as is consistent with this compact and any rules or regulations pursuant thereto.
[PL 1965, c. 435 (NEW).]
SECTION HISTORY
PL 1965, c. 435 (NEW).
2023 Maine Revised Statutes › TITLE 25: INTERNAL SECURITY AND PUBLIC SAFETY › Part 4: STATE POLICE › Chapter 198: NEW ENGLAND STATE POLICE COMPACT › 25 §1669. Conference powers -- Article IV

§1669. Conference powers -- Article IV
The conference shall have power to:   [PL 1965, c. 435 (NEW).]
1.  New England Criminal Intelligence Bureau.
Establish and operate a New England Criminal Intelligence Bureau, in this chapter called "the bureau", in which shall be received, assembled and kept case histories, records, data, personal dossiers and other information concerning persons engaged or otherwise associated with organized crime.
[PL 1965, c. 435 (NEW).]
2.  Identification.
Consider and recommend means of identifying leaders and emerging leaders of organized crime and their associates.
[PL 1965, c. 435 (NEW).]
3.  Mutual assistance arrangements.
Facilitate mutual assistance among the state police of the party states pursuant to Article VII of this compact.
[PL 1965, c. 435 (NEW).]
4.  Claims and reimbursements.
Formulate procedures for claims and reimbursements, pursuant to Article VII of this compact.
[PL 1965, c. 435 (NEW).]
5.  Promote cooperation.
Promote cooperation in law enforcement and make recommendations to the party states and other appropriate law enforcement authorities for the improvement of such cooperation.
[PL 1965, c. 435 (NEW).]
6.  Other powers.
Do all things which may be necessary and incidental to the exercise of the foregoing powers.
[PL 1965, c. 435 (NEW).]
SECTION HISTORY
PL 1965, c. 435 (NEW).
2023 Maine Revised Statutes › TITLE 25: INTERNAL SECURITY AND PUBLIC SAFETY › Part 4: STATE POLICE › Chapter 198: NEW ENGLAND STATE POLICE COMPACT › 25 §1670. Disposition of records and information -- Article V

§1670. Disposition of records and information -- Article V
The bureau established and operated pursuant to Article IV, subsection 1, of this compact is designated and recognized as the instrument for the performance of a central criminal intelligence service to the state police departments of the party states. The files, records, data and other information of the bureau and, when made pursuant to the bylaws of the conference, any copies thereof shall be available only to duly designated officers and employees of the state police departments of the party states acting within the scope of their official duty. In the possession of the aforesaid officers and employees, such records, data and other information shall be subject to use and disposition in the same manner and pursuant to the same laws, rules and regulations applicable to similar records, data and information of the officer's or employee's agency and the provision of this compact.   [PL 1965, c. 435 (NEW).]
SECTION HISTORY
PL 1965, c. 435 (NEW).
2023 Maine Revised Statutes › TITLE 25: INTERNAL SECURITY AND PUBLIC SAFETY › Part 4: STATE POLICE › Chapter 198: NEW ENGLAND STATE POLICE COMPACT › 25 §1671. Additional meetings and services -- Article VI

§1671. Additional meetings and services -- Article VI
The members of the conference from any 2 or more party states, upon notice to the chair as to the time and purpose of the meeting, may meet as a section for the discussion of problems common to their states. Any 2 or more party states may designate the conference as a joint agency to maintain for them those additional common services as they may consider desirable for combating organized crime. Except in those cases when all party states join in such designation for common services, the representative of any group of such designating states in the conference constitutes a separate section of the conference for the performance of the common service or services so designated as long as, if any additional expense is involved, the state so acting provides the necessary funds for this purpose. The creation of such a section or joint agency does not affect the privileges, powers, responsibilities or duties of the states participating in a section or joint agency as embodied in the other articles of this compact.   [RR 2023, c. 1, Pt. C, §49 (COR).]
SECTION HISTORY
PL 1965, c. 435 (NEW). RR 2023, c. 1, Pt. C, §49 (COR).
2023 Maine Revised Statutes › TITLE 25: INTERNAL SECURITY AND PUBLIC SAFETY › Part 4: STATE POLICE › Chapter 198: NEW ENGLAND STATE POLICE COMPACT › 25 §1674. Construction and severability -- Article IX

§1674. Construction and severability -- Article IX
This compact shall be liberally construed so as to effectuate the purposes thereof. The provisions of this compact shall be severable and if any phrase, clause, sentence or provision of this compact is declared to be contrary to the constitution of any state or of the United States or the applicability thereof to any government, agency, person or circumstance is held invalid, the validity of the remainder of this compact and the applicability thereof to any government, agency, person or circumstance shall not be affected thereby. If this compact shall be held contrary to the constitution of any state participating herein, the compact shall remain in full force and effect as to the remaining party states and in full force and effect as to the state affected as to all severable matters.   [PL 1965, c. 435 (NEW).]
SECTION HISTORY
PL 1965, c. 435 (NEW).
2023 Maine Revised Statutes › TITLE 25: INTERNAL SECURITY AND PUBLIC SAFETY › Part 4: STATE POLICE › Chapter 198: NEW ENGLAND STATE POLICE COMPACT › 25 §1675. Designation of alternate

§1675. Designation of alternate
The Chief of the State Police is authorized to designate an alternate to serve in the chief's place and stead on the New England State Police Administrators' Conference as permitted by Article III, subsections 2 and 3 of the compact. However, it is the intention of the Legislature that such Chief of the State Police attend and participate in the work of the conference in person to the maximum extent practicable.   [RR 1991, c. 2, §95 (COR).]
SECTION HISTORY
PL 1965, c. 435 (NEW). RR 1991, c. 2, §95 (COR).
2023 Maine Revised Statutes › TITLE 25: INTERNAL SECURITY AND PUBLIC SAFETY › Part 4: STATE POLICE › Chapter 198: NEW ENGLAND STATE POLICE COMPACT › 25 §1676. Retirement coverage

§1676. Retirement coverage
The employees of the New England State Police Administrators' Conference may, upon the concluding of an agreement for coverage with the State Retirement System, be eligible for and covered by such system. Any such agreement shall provide, as nearly as may be, for the same ratio of employee contribution to total contribution as pertains for members of the State Retirement System generally.   [PL 1965, c. 435 (NEW).]
The State Retirement System shall not conclude a retirement agreement pursuant to Article III, subsection 8, of the compact if the New England State Police Administrators' Conference has in force a retirement agreement with any other party state.   [PL 1965, c. 435 (NEW).]
SECTION HISTORY
PL 1965, c. 435 (NEW).
2023 Maine Revised Statutes › TITLE 25: INTERNAL SECURITY AND PUBLIC SAFETY › Part 4: STATE POLICE › Chapter 199: NATIONAL CRIME PREVENTION AND PRIVACY COMPACT › 25 §1701. Compact adopted

§1701. Compact adopted
The National Crime Prevention and Privacy Compact, referred to in this chapter as the "compact," is adopted and entered into with all jurisdictions legally joining in the compact in the form substantially as set forth in this chapter.   [PL 2001, c. 372, §3 (NEW).]
SECTION HISTORY
PL 2001, c. 372, §3 (NEW).
2023 Maine Revised Statutes › TITLE 25: INTERNAL SECURITY AND PUBLIC SAFETY › Part 4: STATE POLICE › Chapter 199: NATIONAL CRIME PREVENTION AND PRIVACY COMPACT › 25 §1702. Purposes

§1702. Purposes
The purposes of this compact are to:   [PL 2001, c. 372, §3 (NEW).]
1.  Legal framework.
Provide a legal framework for the establishment of a cooperative federal-state system for the interstate and federal-state exchange of criminal history records for noncriminal justice uses;
[PL 2001, c. 372, §3 (NEW).]
2.  FBI.
Require the FBI to permit use of the national indices by each party state and to provide, in a timely fashion, federal and state criminal history records to requesting states in accordance with the terms of this compact and with rules, procedures and standards established by the council pursuant to section 1707;
[PL 2001, c. 372, §3 (NEW).]
3.  Party states.
Require party states to provide information and criminal history records for the national indices and to provide criminal history records, in a timely fashion, to criminal history record repositories of other states and the Federal Government for noncriminal justice purposes in accordance with the terms of this compact and with rules, procedures and standards established by the council pursuant to section 1707;
[PL 2001, c. 372, §3 (NEW).]
4.  Council.
Provide for the establishment of a council to monitor III system operations and to prescribe system rules and procedures for the effective and proper operation of the III system for noncriminal justice purposes; and
[PL 2001, c. 372, §3 (NEW).]
5.  III system standards.
Require the FBI and each party state to adhere to III system standards concerning criminal history record dissemination and use, response times, system security, data quality and other duly established standards, including those that enhance the accuracy and privacy of such criminal history records.
[PL 2001, c. 372, §3 (NEW).]
SECTION HISTORY
PL 2001, c. 372, §3 (NEW).