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Maine Revised Statutes, Title 16, § 632: Definitions, 1993

This section defines several terms used in the subchapter, including “offender,” “criminal record information system,” and related criminal-history terms.

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This section defines several terms used in the subchapter, including “offender,” “criminal record information system,” and related criminal-history terms.

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This section defines several terms used in the subchapter, including “offender,” “criminal record information system,” and related criminal-history terms.

As used in this subchapter, unless the context otherwise indicates, the following terms have the following meanings. [PL 1993, c. 346, §1 (NEW).] 1. Administration of criminal justice. "Administration of criminal justice" has the same meaning as defined in section 703, subsection 1. [PL 2013, c. 267, Pt. B, §10 (AMD).] 2. Conviction data. [PL 2013, c. 267, Pt. B, §10 (RP).] 2-A. Confidential criminal history record information. "Confidential criminal history record information" has the same meaning as defined in section 703, subsection 2. [PL 2013, c. 267, Pt. B, §10 (NEW).] 3. Criminal history record information. "Criminal history record information" has the same meaning as defined in section 703, subsection 3. [PL 2013, c. 267, Pt. B, §10 (AMD).] 4. Criminal justice agency. "Criminal justice agency" has the same meaning as defined in section 703, subsection 4. [PL 2013, c. 267, Pt. B, §10 (AMD).] 5. Criminal record information system. "Criminal record information system" means a system including equipment, facilities, procedures and agreements for the collection, processing, preservation and dissemination of criminal record information including criminal history record information. [PL 1993, c. 346, §1 (NEW).] 6. Disposition. "Disposition" has the same meaning as defined in section 703, subsection 5. [PL 2013, c. 267, Pt. B, §10 (AMD).] 7. Executive order. "Executive order" has the same meaning as defined in section 703, subsection 7. [PL 2013, c. 267, Pt. B, §10 (AMD).] 8. Nonconviction data. [PL 2013, c. 267, Pt. B, §10 (RP).] 9. Offender. "Offender" means an individual, juvenile or adult, accused or convicted of a criminal offense under the laws of this State or federal law. [PL 1993, c. 346, §1 (NEW).] 10. Offender-based tracking information. "Offender-based tracking information" means information collected during the administration of criminal justice by criminal justice agencies related to an identifiable person who has been determined to be an offender. [PL 1993, c. 346, §1 (NEW).] 11. Person. [PL 2013, c. 267, Pt. B, §10 (RP).] 11-A. Public criminal history record information. "Public criminal history record information" has the same meaning as defined in section 703, subsection 8. [PL 2013, c. 267, Pt. B, §10 (NEW).] 12. State. "State" has the same meaning as defined in section 703, subsection 9. [PL 2013, c. 267, Pt. B, §10 (AMD).] 13. Statute. "Statute" has the same meaning as defined in section 703, subsection 10. [PL 2013, c. 267, Pt. B, §10 (AMD).]
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