CHAPTER 545
H.P. 1271 - L.D. 1831
An Act To Allow Law Enforcement Agencies To Maintain Sex Offender Websites for Public Use
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:
Sec. 1. 34-A MRSA §11221, sub-§11, as enacted by PL 2005, c. 423, §13, is amended to read:
11. Maintenance by bureau. Only the bureau
mayis authorized to maintain a sex offender registry on the Internet for purposes of public access as described in subsection 9.Law enforcement agencies may maintain their own sex offender registries for internal use only by those agencies and may provide a link to the bureau's Internet sex offender registry.Sec. 2. 34-A MRSA §11221, sub-§12 is enacted to read:
12. Law enforcement agency website. A law enforcement agency may maintain its own sex offender website and may make that information available for use by the public if:
A. A notice is prominently posted on the website that expressly states that the website is not the official state sex offender registry under subsection 1 and that the law enforcement agency posting the website is solely responsible for the website's content;
B. The website provides a link to the bureau's Internet sex offender registry under subsection 1;
C. The website contains information regarding only registrants who are domiciled, reside, attend college or school or work within the posting law enforcement agency's jurisdiction; and
D. The information on the website is updated by the law enforcement agency as frequently as available resources permit, but no less than every 7 days. The law enforcement agency shall also prominently post on the website the date and time of the most recent update to the website.
Effective August 23, 2006.
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