H735 Bill Summary

• Prevents a $333,557 transfer from Budget Code 23002 to the State Bureau of Investigation for the Statewide Automated Fingerprint Information System (SAFIS) update.

• Authorizes the Department of Public Safety to use up to $3,000,000 in overrealized receipts during the 2015-2017 fiscal biennium for replacement of SAFIS.

• Expands the definition of costs recoverable through criminal record fees to include "storing and maintaining" information in addition to locating, editing, researching, and retrieving.

• Removes the requirement that law enforcement fingerprint persons charged with certain misdemeanors "for the purposes of reporting these offenses to the National Criminal Instant Background Check System (NICS)."

• Clarifies that the Chief, special officers, and employees of the State Capitol Police Section are not considered members of the State Highway Patrol.