CA SB938

Allows disclosure of home addresses for spouses and children of specified public employees if they have been convicted of a crime and are on active parole or probation, effective January 1, 2011.

Requires persons requesting address confidentiality for their spouse or child to declare at the time of request whether that spouse or child has been convicted and is on active parole or probation.

Specifies that the Department of Motor Vehicles and employers are not responsible for verifying criminal conviction or parole/probation status.

Eliminates the requirement for the California Highway Patrol Commissioner to use the California Law Enforcement Telecommunications System (CLETS) for preliminary criminal history checks of tow truck drivers and employers.

Changes tow truck driver certificate issuance requirement from clearing a CLETS preliminary criminal history check to clearing a criminal history check through the Department of Justice.