HP0912, LD 1285, item 1, An Act To Allow Law Enforcement Agencies Access to Animal Licensing Information

An Act To Allow Law Enforcement Agencies Access to Animal Licensing Information

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:

Sec. 1. 7 MRSA §3923-H is enacted to read:

§ 3923-H. Computerized database for dog licenses

1. Electronic database. The commissioner, in consultation with a statewide association of municipal clerks, shall create an electronic statewide database of dog licenses. The electronic database of dog licenses created under this section must be accessible to all law enforcement agencies in this State for use in animal control.

2. Fees. The commissioner may establish fees to fund the development and maintenance of the electronic database established pursuant to subsection 1. The commissioner may adopt rules to implement this subsection. Rules adopted pursuant to this subsection are major substantive rules as defined in Title 5, chapter 375, subchapter 2-A.

3. Animal Licensing Database Fund. There is established within the Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry the Animal Licensing Database Fund for use in creating and maintaining the electronic database of dog licenses pursuant to subsection 1. The commissioner shall deposit all fees received pursuant to subsection 2 into the fund. The fund does not lapse, but continues from year to year.

Sec. 2. Effective date. This Act takes effect January 1, 2014.

summary

This bill requires the Commissioner of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry to create a statewide electronic database of dog licenses by January 1, 2014. The bill also requires that the database be accessible to all law enforcement agencies in the State for use in animal control. It also establishes the Animal Licensing Database Fund as a nonlapsing account within the Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry. The bill authorizes the commissioner to establish by rule fees to fund and maintain the electronic database of dog licenses and requires that rules adopted to establish these fees are major substantive rules.

HP0912 LD 1285	Session - 126th Maine Legislature		LR 955 Item 1
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