MS HB914

Changes the Mississippi Justice Information Center's authority from "may" to "shall" obtain and store fingerprints, descriptions, photographs and identifying data from crime scenes and persons arrested for felonies, misdemeanors, or taken into custody as fugitives or habitual offenders

Requires the department to accept both digital card and ink card fingerprints and charge the same fee for each method

Mandates that all law enforcement agencies and other agencies taking fingerprints be linked to the department's database to share fingerprint information for enforcing state criminal laws

Requires fees collected by the center to be calculated "reasonably and equitable" to reimburse actual costs of searching, reviewing, duplicating and mailing records, with collected fees deposited into a Criminal Information Center Special Fund

Takes effect July 1, 2013