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An Act Regarding Post-judgment Motion by a Person Seeking To Satisfy the Prerequisites for Obtaining Special Restrictions on the Dissemination and Use of Criminal History Record Information for Certain Criminal Convictions
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:
Sec. 1. 15 MRSA §2251, sub-§6, as enacted by PL 2015, c. 354, §1, is amended to read:
 
6. Eligible criminal conviction.   "Eligible criminal conviction" means a conviction for a current or former Class D or Class E crime, except a conviction for a current or former Class D or Class E crime under Title 17-A, chapter 11.
Sec. 2. 15 MRSA §2252, sub-§2, as enacted by PL 2015, c. 354, §1, is amended to read:
 
2. Age of person at time of commission.   At the time of the commission of the crime underlying the eligible criminal conviction, the person had in fact attained 18 years of age but not 2126 years of age;
Sec. 3. 15 MRSA §2259, as enacted by PL 2015, c. 354, §1, is repealed.
 
SUMMARY
This bill amends the law concerning a post-judgment motion by a person seeking to satisfy the prerequisites for obtaining special restrictions on the dissemination and use of criminal history record information for certain criminal convictions in the following ways:
1. Current law makes convictions of only certain Class E crimes eligible for special restrictions on dissemination and use of criminal history record information. This bill expands eligibility to include convictions of both certain Class E crimes and certain Class D crimes;
2. Current law allows eligibility for restrictions on dissemination and use of criminal history record information only for persons who at the time of the commission of the crime were 18 to 20 years of age. This bill expands eligibility to a person who at the time of the commission of the crime was 18 to 25 years of age; and
3. This bill removes the provision repealing the current law October 1, 2019.