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An Act To Amend the Laws Governing the Address Confidentiality Program
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:
Sec. 1. 5 MRSA §90-B, sub-§1, ¶A, as enacted by PL 2001, c. 539, §1, is amended to read:
 
A. "Address" means a residential street, school or work address of an individual, including any geographically specific description or coordinate that identifies a residential address, as specified on the individual's application to be a program participant under this chaptersection.
Sec. 2. 5 MRSA §90-B, sub-§7, as enacted by PL 2001, c. 539, §1, is amended to read:
 
7. Confidentiality.   The program participant's application and, supporting materials and the program's state e-mail account are not a public record and must be kept confidential by the secretary.
 
SUMMARY
This bill makes the following changes to the laws governing the Address Confidentiality Program administered by the Secretary of State.
1. It adds geographically specific descriptions or coordinates that identify a residential address to the definition of "address."
2. It adds the Address Confidentiality Program's e-mail account to the information that must be kept confidential.