An Act Concerning Sex Offender Registry Information
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:
Sec. 1. 34-A MRSA §11221, sub-§9-A is enacted to read:
9-A. Registry information. Registry information created, collected or maintained by the bureau, including, but not limited to, information relating to the identity of persons accessing the registry, is confidential, except the following are public records:
A. Information provided to the public pursuant to subsection 9; and
B. Applications and bureau decisions, including any documents made part of those decisions, pursuant to section 11202-A.
Sec. 2. 34-A MRSA §11221, sub-§10, as amended by PL 2003, c. 711, Pt. C, §20 and affected by Pt. D, §2, is further amended to read:
10. Registrant access to information. Pursuant to Title 16, section 620, the The bureau shall provide all information described in subsection 1 , paragraphs A to F to a registrant who requests that person's own information. The process for access and review of that information is governed by Title 16, section 620.
Sec. 3. 34-A MRSA §11221, sub-§13 is enacted to read:
13. Access to registrant information existing in electronic form restricted. Notwithstanding Title 1, chapter 13:
A. Except as made available to the public through the bureau's Internet website pursuant to subsection 9, the bureau may not disseminate in electronic form information about a registrant that is created, collected or maintained in electronic form by or for the bureau; and
B. Except as made available to the public through an Internet website maintained by a law enforcement agency pursuant to subsection 12, a law enforcement agency may not disseminate in electronic form information about a registrant that is collected or maintained in electronic form by or for the law enforcement agency.
Effective 90 days following adjournment of the 125th Legislature, First Regular Session, unless otherwise indicated.