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schedule and procedures governing electronic transmittal of a
record.

 
1-A.__Databases.__The Secretary of State may provide databases
of records pertaining to convictions, adjudications, accidents,
suspensions and revocations to individuals, businesses and other
entities.__The Secretary of State shall adopt rules to establish
a fee schedule and governing procedures under this subsection.

 
2. Fee waived for official requests. There is no fee for
requests from other motor vehicle departments, state, county and
federal agencies and law enforcement agencies.

 
Sec. 5. 29-A MRSA §257 is enacted to read:

 
§257. Confidentiality of technology system information

 
The following records and information are confidential:

 
1.__Information technology systems.__Records describing
security and information technology system plans and security
procedures; and

 
2.__Data integrity.__Records or information that will
jeopardize the security, availability, confidentiality, integrity
of, or corrupt the data residing in, information technology
systems including records describing the architecture, data
model, design, access, encryption or user authentication of
information technology systems and infrastructure, including
security features for preventing duplication, alteration and
substitution of licenses and identification cards.

 
For purposes of this section, information technology systems
include voice, video, radio and data systems.

 
Sec. 6. 29-A MRSA §451, sub-§5, as amended by PL 2001, c. 671, §6, is
further amended to read:

 
5. Special classes of registration plates. A vehicle
required to be registered in a special class under this Title may
display only the number plates designed for that special class of
registration. If a vehicle registered for hire is disabled due
to an accident or mechanical malfunction, another vehicle of the
same passenger capacity may be substituted temporarily. The
substitute vehicle is subject to the financial responsibility
requirements in section 1611. Notwithstanding this subsection,
the Secretary of State may issue a temporary credential in lieu
of a special class of registration plate. The Secretary of State
may adopt rules to implement this subsection.__Rules adopted


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