Maine § 9-B §226 Confidentiality

Maine Statutes

§ 9-B §226 — Confidentiality

Maine § 9-B §226

Title 9-BFINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS

Part 2BUREAU OF FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS

Ch. 22EXAMINATIONS, RECORDS AND REPORTS

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Bluebook

Me. Rev. Stat. tit. 9-B, § 9-B §226 (2026).

Text

1.Requirement. Except as provided in subsections 2 and 3, the following information derived by or communicated to the superintendent or to any employee of the bureau is confidential and may not be disclosed or made public:

2.Disclosure to Governor; Attorney General. The superintendent may disclose such information to the Governor or to the Attorney General of this State at such times and under such circumstances as the superintendent determines necessary and appropriate to the proper discharge of the superintendent's duties and responsibilities under this Title; and the superintendent shall disclose such information upon written request of the Governor or the Attorney General.

3.Disclosure to others. The superintendent may disclose the information specified in subsection 1 to the follow

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1.
Requirement.
Except as provided in subsections 2 and 3, the following information derived by or communicated to the superintendent or to any employee of the bureau is confidential and may not be disclosed or made public:
2.
Disclosure to Governor; Attorney General.
The superintendent may disclose such information to the Governor or to the Attorney General of this State at such times and under such circumstances as the superintendent determines necessary and appropriate to the proper discharge of the superintendent's duties and responsibilities under this Title; and the superintendent shall disclose such information upon written request of the Governor or the Attorney General.
3.
Disclosure to others.
The superintendent may disclose the information specified in subsection 1 to the following persons or entities, except that information furnished to the superintendent that has been designated as confidential by a state or federal agency furnishing the information may not be disclosed by the recipient of the information unless disclosure has been authorized by the furnishing agency. Whenever confidential information is disclosed pursuant to this section, the information remains the property of the bureau or the furnishing agency and the recipients of the confidential information may not disclose or make public information so communicated, except as authorized by the superintendent or pursuant to other provisions of this Title:
4.
Penalty.
A person who intentionally or knowingly discloses confidential information in violation of this section commits a Class E crime.

Legislative History

PL 1975, c. 500, §1 (NEW). PL 1975, c. 666, §7 (AMD). PL 1979, c. 541, §A89 (AMD). PL 1995, c. 628, §14 (AMD). PL 1999, c. 184, §7 (AMD). PL 2007, c. 597, §§11-13 (AMD). RR 2025, c. 1, Pt. D, §8 (COR).