An Act To Protect the Privacy of Maine Residents under the Driver's License Laws
Sec. 1. 1 MRSA §402, sub-§3, ¶N, as amended by PL 2005, c. 381, §2, is further amended to read:
Sec. 2. 1 MRSA §402, sub-§3, ¶O, as amended by PL 2007, c. 597, §1, is further amended to read:
(1) "Personal contact information" means home address, home telephone number, home facsimile number, home e-mail address and personal cellular telephone number and personal pager number; and
(2) "Public employee" means an employee as defined in Title 14, section 8102, subsection 1, except that "public employee" does not include elected officials . ; and
Sec. 3. 1 MRSA §402, sub-§3, ¶P is enacted to read:
Sec. 4. 29-A MRSA §1301, sub-§2-A, as enacted by PL 2007, c. 648, §1, is repealed.
Sec. 5. 29-A MRSA §1301, sub-§6-A is enacted to read:
Sec. 6. 29-A MRSA §1401, sub-§6, as enacted by PL 1999, c. 470, §24, is amended to read:
Sec. 7. 29-A MRSA §1401, sub-§9 is enacted to read:
Sec. 8. 29-A MRSA §1401, sub-§10 is enacted to read:
Sec. 9. 29-A MRSA §1406, sub-§9, as enacted by PL 2007, c. 648, §2, is repealed.
Sec. 10. 29-A MRSA §1410, sub-§8, as enacted by PL 2007, c. 648, §3, is repealed.
Sec. 11. 29-A MRSA §1410, sub-§9, as enacted by PL 2007, c. 648, §4, is repealed.
Sec. 12. PL 2007, c. 648, §5 is repealed.
Sec. 13. PL 2007, c. 648, §6 is repealed.
Sec. 14. PL 2007, c. 648, §7 is repealed.
Sec. 15. PL 2007, c. 648, §8 is repealed.
Sec. 16. PL 2007, c. 648, §9 is repealed.
Sec. 17. Allocation of funds. Cost savings as a result of this Act must be allocated to the Highway and Bridge Capital Program within the Department of Transportation.
summary
This bill is a partial repeal of current Maine law enacted to comply with the requirements of the federal REAL ID Act of 2005.
This bill:
1. Repeals the requirement that the Secretary of State issue driver's licenses and nondriver identification cards only to individuals who present documentary evidence of legal presence in the United States;
2. Exempts social security numbers in the possession of the Secretary of State from the definition of public records under Maine's Freedom of Access Law;
3. Provides that the Secretary of State may not disseminate social security numbers to any entity without legislative authorization;
4. Restricts the distribution and retention of digital information used to produce a license;
5. Prohibits the Secretary of State from use of biometric technology, such as retinal scans, facial recognition or fingerprint technology but not including digital photographs in the production or storing of license information;
6. Repeals the requirement that the Secretary of State participate in the federal Systematic Alien Verification for Entitlements Program, the centralized database system used and maintained by the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services;
7. Repeals the requirement that the Secretary of State study the most cost-effective facial recognition or fingerprint technology;
8. Provides that cost savings as a result of this Act must be allocated to the Highway and Bridge Capital Program within the Department of Transportation; and
9. Does not change the current requirement that an applicant for a Maine driver's license or state identification card must provide proof of residency.