CHAPTER 494

H.P. 1274 - L.D. 1834

An Act To Accommodate Victims of Identity Theft

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

Sec. 1. 10 MRSA §1317, sub-§1, as amended by PL 1981, c. 610, §8, is further amended to read:

1. Agency procedures for corrections. A consumer reporting agency shall adopt reasonable procedures to enable a consumer to correct any inaccurate information in his the consumer's file. For the purposes of this section, "inaccurate information" includes, but is not limited to, materially incomplete information within the scope of the report requested and information in the report that is the result of identity theft.