130th MAINE LEGISLATURE
FIRST REGULAR SESSION-2021
Legislative Document No. 725
H.P. 536 House of Representatives, March 5, 2021
An Act To Improve Transparency in State Code and License
Violations by Making Public the Names of Complainants
Received by the Clerk of the House on March 3, 2021. Referred to the Committee on
Judiciary pursuant to Joint Rule 308.2 and ordered printed pursuant to Joint Rule 401.
ROBERT B. HUNT
Clerk
Presented by Representative DILLINGHAM of Oxford.
Printed on recycled paper
 1 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:
2 Sec. 1. 1 MRSA §402, sub-§7 is enacted to read:
3 7. Public records; complaints alleging violations of orders, codes or license
4 provisions. Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, "public record" includes
5 the name or identity of any person who files a complaint alleging a violation of an order,
6 code, license provision or any other requirement placed upon a person by a government
7 official or agency under the laws or rules of the State or any government subdivision of the
8 State.
9 SUMMARY
10 This bill requires under the Freedom of Access Act the name or identity of any person
11 who files a complaint alleging a violation of an order, code, license provision or any other
12 requirement placed upon a person by a government official or agency under the laws or
13 rules of the State or any government subdivision of the State to be made public upon
14 request.
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