§631. Maine Criminal Justice Information System There is created, within the Department of Public Safety, an information clearinghouse to be known as the Maine Criminal Justice Information System. The Maine Criminal Justice Information System shall provide criminal justice agencies and authorized private users ready access to shared uniform information on criminal offenders and crime data, […]
§632. Definitions As used in this subchapter, unless the context otherwise indicates, the following terms have the following meanings. [PL 1993, c. 346, §1 (NEW).] 1. Administration of criminal justice. “Administration of criminal justice” has the same meaning as defined in section 703, subsection 1. [PL 2013, c. 267, Pt. B, §10 (AMD).] […]
§633. Policy board established; membership There is established the Maine Criminal Justice Information System Policy Board, referred to in this subchapter as the “board.” The board consists of 13 members that include the Attorney General, the Commissioner of Public Safety, the Commissioner of Corrections, the State Court Administrator, the Chief of the State Police, the […]
§634. Term of membership The Attorney General, the Commissioner of Public Safety, the Commissioner of Corrections, the State Court Administrator, the Chief of the State Police and the Chief Information Officer are members of the board during their terms of office and may appoint designees to serve in their place. The other members of the […]
§635. Duties The board has the following duties. [PL 1993, c. 346, §1 (NEW).] 1. Establish policies. The board shall establish policies and practices necessary to provide ready access to shared, uniform information on criminal offenders and crime data described in section 631. [PL 1999, c. 451, §3 (AMD).] 2. Establish information standards. […]
§636. Administration The Department of Public Safety shall provide general administrative oversight for the board’s policies and responsibilities. The Department of Public Safety and other criminal justice agencies when appropriate may employ personnel necessary to carry out the purposes of the Maine Criminal Justice Information System, lease, rent or acquire adequate equipment and facilities, accept […]
§637. Meetings The board may meet at such time or times as necessary to carry out its duties, but at least one time in each calendar quarter at a place and time as the board determines and at the call of the chair. The board shall elect annually a chair, vice-chair, secretary and a treasurer […]
