Sec. 8. 25 MRSA §1542-A, sub-§8, as enacted by PL 1987, c. 512, §3, is amended to read:

8. Fingerprint record forms. Fingerprints taken pursuant to subsection 1, paragraphs A, B and D, and subsection 5, paragraphs B, C and D, shall must be taken on a form furnished by the State Bureau of Identification, such form to be known as the Criminal Fingerprint Record. Fingerprints taken pursuant to subsection 1, paragraph E, shall paragraphs E, F and G must be taken on a form furnished by the bureau, such form to be known as the Noncriminal Fingerprint Record. Fingerprints taken pursuant to subsection 5, paragraph A, shall must be taken on a form furnished by the State Bureau of Identification, such form to be known as the Juvenile Crime Fingerprint Record. Fingerprints taken pursuant to subsection 1, paragraphs C or F, shall must be taken upon the form appropriate for that purpose.

Emergency clause. In view of the emergency cited in the preamble, this Act takes effect when approved.

SUMMARY

This bill changes the fingerprinting process currently provided for in the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 20-A, section 6103, subsection 6 in 4 ways. First, it places the responsibility for the taking of fingerprints for applicants solely upon the Maine State Police. Second, it removes the responsibility from the applicant to forward the fingerprints to the Department of Education and instead requires the Maine State Police to forward the prints to the State Bureau of Identification, which is the state entity that will actually conduct or arrange for the necessary state and national criminal history record checks on behalf of the Department of Education. Third, fingerprinting by the Maine State Police is made contingent upon payment of the necessary expenses by the applicant. Those expenses are as specified in Title 20-A, section 6103, subsection 4. Fourth, it eliminates the requirement that 2 fingerprint cards be prepared.

The bill also amends Title 20-A, section 6103, subsection 4 to specifically identify the expenses to be borne by the applicant. The first expense identified is whatever fee is charged by the Federal Bureau of Investigation to conduct the national criminal history record check. The 2nd expense is the one-time $25 processing fee charged by the Department of Public