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An Act To Clarify That the Information Gathered during Investigations of Attorneys by the Maine Commission on Indigent Legal Services Is Confidential
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:
Sec. 1. 4 MRSA §1806, sub-§2, ¶F, as enacted by PL 2011, c. 260, §1, is amended to read:
 
F. Any information obtained or gathered by the commission when performing an evaluation or investigation of an attorney is confidential, except that it may be disclosed to the attorney being evaluated or investigated.
 
SUMMARY
This bill clarifies that information obtained or gathered by the Maine Commission on Indigent Legal Services when the commission is performing an investigation of an attorney is confidential. The bill retains the provision of current law that provides that information obtained or gathered by the commission when performing an evaluation of an attorney is confidential.