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An Act To Amend the Laws Governing the Confidentiality of Correctional Facility Plans
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:
Sec. 1. 1 MRSA §402, sub-§3, ¶N, as amended by PL 2005, c. 381, §2, is further amended to read:
 
N. Social security numbers in the possession of the Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife; and
Sec. 2. 1 MRSA §402, sub-§3, ¶O, as amended by PL 2007, c. 597, §1, is further amended to read:
 
O. Personal contact information concerning public employees, except when that information is public pursuant to other law. For the purposes of this paragraph:
 
(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:
 
P.  Records describing security plans, staffing plans, security procedures, architectural drawings or risk assessments prepared specifically for state and county correctional facilities, but only to the extent that release of information contained in the record could reasonably be expected to jeopardize the physical safety of government personnel, correctional unit residents or the public. Information contained in records covered by this paragraph may be disclosed to the Legislature, county officials or members of the State Board of Corrections under conditions that protect the information from further disclosure.
 
SUMMARY
This bill adds security plans for correctional facilities to the list of documents that are confidential under the freedom of access laws.