Sec. 1. 15 MRSA §2167, as enacted by PL 1993, c. 665, §1, is amended to read:

§2167. Expungement of records

In any criminal case in which the Governor grants a convicted person a full and free pardon, that person, after the expiration of 10 years from the date the person is finally discharged from any sentence imposed as a result of the conviction, may make written application to the Department of Public Safety, State Bureau of Identification to have and any other state agency shall expunge all references to the pardoned crime deleted from the Federal Bureau of Investigation's identification record all state records. Following receipt of an application, the The State Bureau of Investigation Identification shall make the necessary arrangements with the identification division of the Federal Bureau of Investigation to have all references to the pardoned crime deleted from the Federal Bureau of Investigation's identification record and any state materials returned to the contributing agency if the application is timely and the person has not been convicted of a crime in this State or any other jurisdiction since the full and free pardon was granted and has no formal charging instrument for a crime pending in this State or any other jurisdiction.

SUMMARY

This bill requires the Department of Public Safety, State Bureau of Identification and all other state agencies to expunge all records of a crime of a person who has received a full and free pardon by the Governor. This bill also requires the State Bureau of Identification to make the necessary arrangements with the identification division of the Federal Bureau of Investigation to have all references to the pardoned crime deleted from the Federal Bureau of Investigation's identification record and any state materials returned to the contributing agency.