This bill does the following.
1. It creates the position of auditor of the Maine Information and Analysis Center within the Office of the Attorney General.
2. It adds a definition for "de-identified" and requires that reports submitted to the joint standing committee of the Legislature having jurisdiction over criminal justice and public safety matters and posted on the publicly accessible website of the auditor of the Maine Information and Analysis Center be de-identified.
3. It provides that the powers and duties of the auditor include ensuring that the center operates within the law and in a manner that preserves the privacy, civil liberties and civil rights of all people in the State.
4. It requires that reports of the auditor to the committee that are posted on the auditor's publicly accessible website may not contain any records that are confidential or otherwise not authorized by law to be disseminated to the public.
5. It specifies that the identity of any person who submits a good faith complaint to the auditor against the center using the auditor's publicly accessible website or by other means is confidential and that the auditor must maintain the identity of such persons as confidential.
6. It specifies that classified or confidential information that is shared by the center with a private entity is not considered a public record under the Freedom of Access Act.