HP0677, LD 917, item 1, An Act To Protect Licensing Information Provided to the Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife and To Require a Review of Public Access to Other Personal Information

An Act To Protect Licensing Information Provided to the Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife and To Require a Review of Public Access to Other Personal Information

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

Sec. 1. 1 MRSA §402, sub-§3, ¶P, as corrected by RR 2009, c. 1, §2, is amended to read:

P. Geographic information regarding recreational trails that are located on private land that are authorized voluntarily as such by the landowner with no public deed or guaranteed right of public access, unless the landowner authorizes the release of the information; and

Sec. 2. 1 MRSA §402, sub-§3, ¶Q, as reallocated by RR 2009, c. 1, §3, is amended to read:

Q. Security plans, staffing plans, security procedures, architectural drawings or risk assessments prepared for emergency events that are prepared for or by or kept in the custody of the Department of Corrections or a county jail if there is a reasonable possibility that public release or inspection of the records would endanger the life or physical safety of any individual or disclose security plans and procedures not generally known by the general public. Information contained in records covered by this paragraph may be disclosed to state and county officials if necessary to carry out the duties of the officials, the Department of Corrections or members of the State Board of Corrections under conditions that protect the information from further disclosure . ; and

Sec. 3. 1 MRSA §402, sub-§3, ¶R is enacted to read:

R. Names, addresses, telephone numbers, e-mail addresses and other identifying information provided to the Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife for purposes of obtaining a license under Title 12, Part 13.

Sec. 4. Right To Know Advisory Committee review. The Right To Know Advisory Committee, established in the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 1, section 411, shall review the accessibility of individual personal information contained in public records that may be requested from public agencies under Title 1, chapter 13. For the purposes of this section, "individual personal information" includes individual names, addresses, telephone numbers, e-mail addresses and other personal information identified by the committee the publication of which would serve no reasonable public purpose. The committee shall report to the Joint Standing Committee on Judiciary by January 15, 2012 identifying those instances in which individual personal information maintained by public agencies is accessible under the freedom of access laws and making recommendations regarding any statutory changes necessary to make confidential any such individual personal information for which disclosure would serve no reasonable public purpose.

summary

This bill provides that names, addresses, telephone numbers, e-mail addresses and other identifying information provided to the Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife for purposes of obtaining a license are not public records and directs the Right To Know Advisory Committee to review instances when public agencies maintain name of, contact information for and other personal information regarding individuals and make recommendations to the Joint Standing Committee on Judiciary regarding statutory changes necessary to protect individual personal information from disclosure if that disclosure would serve no reasonable public purpose.

HP0677 LD 917	First Regular Session - 125th Maine Legislature		LR 1755 Item 1
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