CHAPTER 545

H.P. 1271 - L.D. 1831

An Act To Allow Law Enforcement Agencies To Maintain Sex

Offender Websites for Public Use

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:

Sec. 1. 34-A MRSA §11221, sub-§11, as enacted by PL 2005, c. 423, §13, is amended to read:

11. Maintenance by bureau. Only the bureau may is authorized to maintain a sex offender registry on the Internet for purposes of public access as described in subsection 9. Law enforcement agencies may maintain their own sex offender registries for internal use only by those agencies and may provide a link to the bureau's Internet sex offender registry.

Sec. 2. 34-A MRSA §11221, sub-§12 is enacted to read:

12.__Law enforcement agency website.__A law enforcement agency may maintain its own sex offender website and may make that information available for use by the public if:

A.__A notice is prominently posted on the website that expressly states that the website is not the official state sex offender registry under subsection 1 and that the law enforcement agency posting the website is solely responsible for the website's content;

B.__The website provides a link to the bureau's Internet sex offender registry under subsection 1;