2012 Maine Revised Statutes
TITLE 25: INTERNAL SECURITY AND PUBLIC SAFETY
Chapter 199: NATIONAL CRIME PREVENTION AND PRIVACY COMPACT
25 §1702. Purposes

Part 4: STATE POLICE

§1702. Purposes

The purposes of this compact are to: [2001, c. 372, §3 (NEW).]

1. Legal framework. Provide a legal framework for the establishment of a cooperative federal-state system for the interstate and federal-state exchange of criminal history records for noncriminal justice uses;

[ 2001, c. 372, §3 (NEW) .]

2. FBI. Require the FBI to permit use of the national indices by each party state and to provide, in a timely fashion, federal and state criminal history records to requesting states in accordance with the terms of this compact and with rules, procedures and standards established by the council pursuant to section 1707;

[ 2001, c. 372, §3 (NEW) .]

3. Party states. Require party states to provide information and criminal history records for the national indices and to provide criminal history records, in a timely fashion, to criminal history record repositories of other states and the Federal Government for noncriminal justice purposes in accordance with the terms of this compact and with rules, procedures and standards established by the council pursuant to section 1707;

[ 2001, c. 372, §3 (NEW) .]

4. Council. Provide for the establishment of a council to monitor III system operations and to prescribe system rules and procedures for the effective and proper operation of the III system for noncriminal justice purposes; and

[ 2001, c. 372, §3 (NEW) .]

5. III system standards. Require the FBI and each party state to adhere to III system standards concerning criminal history record dissemination and use, response times, system security, data quality and other duly established standards, including those that enhance the accuracy and privacy of such criminal history records.

[ 2001, c. 372, §3 (NEW) .]

SECTION HISTORY

2001, c. 372, §3 (NEW).