APPROVED CHAPTER
JUNE 10, 2021 148
BY GOVERNOR PUBLIC LAW
STATE OF MAINE
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IN THE YEAR OF OUR LORD
TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-ONE
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H.P. 571 - L.D. 766
An Act To Ensure the Safety of Certain State Employees by Allowing
Disclosure of Certain Confidential Information in Limited Circumstances
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:
Sec. 1. 22 MRSA §4008, sub-§2, ¶A-2 is enacted to read:
A-2. An administrator of a social media service, to the extent authorized by a court for
reporting, investigating or removing a threat or serious intimidation attempt directed
against an employee of the department, an employee of the Attorney General's office,
a guardian ad litem or an officer of any court or court system. The information remains
confidential and the social media service may not redisclose any of the information
provided by the department. For the purposes of this subsection, "social media service"
means an electronic medium or service through which users create, share and view
user-generated content;
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