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An Act To Exempt United States Military Recruiters from Paying Fees for Criminal History Record Checks
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:
Sec. 1. 25 MRSA §1541, sub-§6, as amended by PL 2015, c. 267, Pt. SSS, §4, is further amended to read:
 
6. Establishment of fees.   The State Bureau of Identification may charge a fee to individuals, nongovernmental organizations, governmental organizations that are engaged in licensing and governmental organizations that are not a governmental entity of the State, a county of the State or a municipality of the State or that are not persons conducting recruitment services for the Armed Forces of the United States for each criminal history record check requested for noncriminal justice purposes pursuant to Title 16, chapter 7. The requestor shall provide a name and date of birth for each record being requested. A request made pursuant to 5 United States Code, Section 9101 must be accompanied by fingerprints. A governmental organization that is engaged in licensing may charge an applicant for the cost of the criminal history record check. The commissioner shall establish a schedule of fees that covers the cost of providing these services. One dollar of each fee generated under this subsection must be deposited to the Other Special Revenue Funds account within the Bureau of State Police to offset the cost of maintenance and replacement of both hardware and software associated with the criminal history record check system. The remaining revenues generated from these fees must be credited to the General Fund.
 
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the full fee charged for fingerprint-supported criminal history record checks fees as collected pursuant to Title 20-A, section 6103, subsection 3-A must be deposited in the State Police program, Other Special Revenue Funds account for the purpose of funding the costs of the Department of Public Safety to administer the criminal history record check program. Notwithstanding any provision of law, all fees associated with any criminal history record check requirements established after July 1, 2015 must be deposited in a dedicated revenue account for the purposes of paying costs incurred by the Department of Public Safety, State Bureau of Identification to conduct such checks.
 
SUMMARY
This bill provides an exemption to recruiters for the Armed Forces of the United States from the fee charged by the State Bureau of Identification for criminal history record checks.