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AL HB746

Bill

Status

Introduced

3/23/2010

Primary Sponsor

Christopher England

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Origin

House of Representatives

Regular Session 2010

AI Summary

HB746 Summary

  • Amends Alabama Code sections governing the Alabama Criminal Justice Information Center (ACJIC) Commission and Center to clarify operations, membership, and responsibilities of the commission.

  • Authorizes the commission to charge fees not exceeding $25 for noncriminal background checks, with fees deposited into specified state funds for criminal justice information system automation.

  • Establishes the Alabama Statistical Analysis Center within ACJIC to compile crime statistics and make criminal justice data available to authorized governmental agencies and the public.

  • Creates the crime of "misuse of ACJIC information" as a Class B felony, imposing penalties for willfully obtaining information under false pretenses or unauthorized disclosure of criminal records.

  • Authorizes governmental licensing entities to require ACJIC background checks as part of licensing requirements and ratifies the National Crime Prevention and Privacy Compact for interstate exchange of criminal history information for noncriminal purposes including employee screening.

Legislative Description

Alabama Criminal Justice Information Center Commission and the Alabama Criminal Justice Information Center, members, operation, powers, duties, fees, crime of misuse of ACJIC information established, Alabama Statistical Analysis Center established, background checks by licensing agencies, ratification of compact, penalties, Secs. 41-9-590, 41-9-591, 41-9-592, 41-9-594, 41-9-595, 41-9-596, 41-9-597, 41-9-600, 41-9-601, 41-9-621, 41-9-622, 41-9-623, 41-9-630 am'd.

Criminal Justice Information Center

Last Action

Read for the first time and referred to the House of Representatives committee on Government Appropriations

3/23/2010

Committee Referrals

Government Appropriations3/23/2010

Full Bill Text

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