{"data":{"id":"us-me/16-m.r.s.-903","jurisdiction":"us-me","citation":"16 M.R.S. §903","heading":"Duties and powers","body":"1.  Review of laws, rules and procedures.  The commission shall review laws, rules and procedures pertaining to criminal history record information in this State, including but not limited to:\nA.  Procedures within the Department of Public Safety regarding the collection, maintenance and dissemination of criminal history record information;\nB.  The criteria and eligibility for sealing criminal history record information;\nC.  Public access to criminal history record information; and\nD.  The vacating of criminal history record information.\n2.  Recommendations; legislation.  The commission may submit to the Legislature, at the start of each regular session, proposed changes to the laws pertaining to criminal history record information that the commission determines appropriate. The commission may also make recommendations to the Department of Public Safety, the Chief Justice of the Supreme Judicial Court, the judicial branch's advisory committee on the Maine Rules of Unified Criminal Procedure and any other organization or committee whose affairs pertain to the use, maintenance or dissemination of criminal history record information.","path":["TITLE 16: COURT PROCEDURE -- EVIDENCE","CHAPTER 11: CRIMINAL RECORDS REVIEW COMMISSION"],"source_url":"https://legislature.maine.gov/statutes/16/title16sec903.html","current_through":"October 1, 2026","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-10-10T12:14:57Z","sha256":"b208add901c295288e96abe261f66b832e35fe22fac8adf32302755dbcc70d7d","source_id":"us-me","stale":false,"prev":"us-me/16-m.r.s.-902","next":"us-me/16-m.r.s.-904","notices":[{"id":"maine","title":"Maine requested republication notice","text":"All copyrights and other rights to statutory text are reserved by the State of Maine. The text included in this publication reflects changes made through the First Special Session of the 132nd Maine Legislature and is current through January 1, 2026. The text is subject to change without notice. It is a version that has not been officially certified by the Secretary of State. Refer to the Maine Revised Statutes Annotated and supplements for certified text. The Office of the Revisor of Statutes also requests that you send us one copy of any statutory publication you may produce.","url":"https://legislature.maine.gov/statutes/"}]},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}