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H0096................................by JUDICIARY, RULES AND ADMINISTRATION
NATIONAL CRIME PREVENTION AND PRIVACY COMPACT - Adds to existing law to
enact the National Crime Prevention and Privacy Compact; to provide
legislative findings; to provide for enactment; to provide an overview; to
define terms; to set forth purposes; to provide for responsibilities of
compact parties; to provide for authorized record disclosures; to set forth
record request procedures; to establish the compact council; to provide for
ratification; to set forth miscellaneous provisions; to provide for
renunciation; to provide severability; to provide for the adjudication of
disputes; and to authorize the director of the Idaho State Police to
appoint a compact officer.
                                                                        
02/02    House intro - 1st rdg - to printing
02/03    Rpt prt - to Jud
02/18    Rpt out - rec d/p - to 2nd rdg
02/21    2nd rdg - to 3rd rdg
02/24    3rd rdg - PASSED - 66-0-4
      AYES -- Anderson, Andrus, Barraclough, Barrett, Bastian, Bayer,
      Bedke, Bell, Bilbao, Block, Boe, Bolz, Bradford, Cannon, Chadderdon,
      Clark, Collins, Crow, Deal, Denney, Edmunson, Ellsworth, Eskridge,
      Field(18), Field(23), Garrett, Hart, Harwood, Henbest, Henderson,
      Jaquet, Jones, Kemp, Lake, LeFavour, Loertscher, Martinez, Mathews,
      McKague, Miller, Mitchell, Nonini, Pasley-Stuart, Pence, Raybould,
      Ring, Ringo, Roberts, Rusche, Rydalch, Sali, Sayler, Schaefer,
      Shepherd(2), Shepherd(8), Shirley, Skippen, Smith(30), Smith(24),
      Smylie, Snodgrass, Stevenson, Trail, Wills, Wood, Mr. Speaker
      NAYS -- None
      Absent and excused -- Black, McGeachin, Moyle, Nielsen
    Floor Sponsor - Clark
    Title apvd - to Senate
02/25    Senate intro - 1st rdg - to Jud
03/10    Rpt out - rec d/p - to 2nd rdg
03/11    2nd rdg - to 3rd rdg
03/14    3rd rdg - PASSED - 34-0-0, 1 vacancy
      AYES -- Andreason, Brandt, Broadsword, Bunderson, Burkett,
      Burtenshaw, Cameron, Coiner, Compton, Corder, Darrington, Davis,
      Gannon, Geddes, Goedde, Hill, Jorgenson, Kelly, Keough, Langhorst,
      Little, Lodge, Malepeai, Marley, McGee, McKenzie, Pearce, Richardson,
      Schroeder, Stegner, Stennett, Sweet, Werk, Williams
      NAYS -- None
      Absent and excused -- (District 21 seat vacant)
    Floor Sponsor - Richardson
    Title apvd - to House
03/14    To enrol
03/15    Rpt enrol - Sp signed
03/16    Pres signed
03/17    To Governor
03/21    Governor signed
         Session Law Chapter 69
         Effective: 07/01/05

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  ]]]]              LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF IDAHO             ]]]]
 Fifty-eighth Legislature                   First Regular Session - 2005
                                                                        
                                                                        
                              IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
                                                                        
                                     HOUSE BILL NO. 96
                                                                        
                      BY JUDICIARY, RULES AND ADMINISTRATION COMMITTEE
                                                                        
  1                                        AN ACT
  2    RELATING TO THE NATIONAL CRIME PREVENTION AND PRIVACY COMPACT; AMENDING  CHAP-
  3        TER  30,  TITLE  67, IDAHO CODE, BY THE ADDITION OF A NEW SECTION 67-3012,
  4        IDAHO CODE, TO PROVIDE LEGISLATIVE FINDINGS, TO PROVIDE FOR ENACTMENT,  TO
  5        PROVIDE  AN  OVERVIEW,  TO DEFINE TERMS, TO SET FORTH PURPOSES, TO PROVIDE
  6        FOR RESPONSIBILITIES OF COMPACT PARTIES, TO PROVIDE FOR AUTHORIZED  RECORD
  7        DISCLOSURES, TO SET FORTH RECORD REQUEST PROCEDURES, TO ESTABLISH THE COM-
  8        PACT COUNCIL, TO PROVIDE FOR RATIFICATION, TO SET FORTH MISCELLANEOUS PRO-
  9        VISIONS,  TO PROVIDE FOR RENUNCIATION, TO PROVIDE SEVERABILITY AND TO PRO-
 10        VIDE FOR THE ADJUDICATION OF DISPUTES; AND AMENDING CHAPTER 30, TITLE  67,
 11        IDAHO  CODE,  BY  THE  ADDITION  OF  A NEW SECTION 67-3013, IDAHO CODE, TO
 12        AUTHORIZE THE DIRECTOR OF THE IDAHO STATE  POLICE  TO  APPOINT  A  COMPACT
 13        OFFICER.
                                                                        
 14    Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Idaho:
                                                                        
 15        SECTION  1.  That  Chapter  30,  Title 67, Idaho Code, be, and the same is
 16    hereby amended by the addition thereto of a NEW SECTION, to be known and  des-
 17    ignated as Section 67-3012, Idaho Code, and to read as follows:
                                                                        
 18        67-3012.  NATIONAL CRIME PREVENTION AND PRIVACY COMPACT. (1) Findings. The
 19    legislature finds that there is a need to improve the quality and completeness
 20    of  criminal  history  records  made  available  to  a  state when it conducts
 21    national fingerprint-based record checks for applicant or noncriminal  justice
 22    purposes.  Criminal  history records automated and held at the state level are
 23    the most complete and accurate sources for  fingerprint-based  records  checks
 24    for  authorized  agencies or organizations screening persons seeking positions
 25    of trust. Ratification of the "National Crime Prevention and Privacy  Compact"
 26    will  provide  direct  access  to criminal history records maintained in other
 27    member states.
 28        (2)  Enactment. The national  crime  prevention  and  privacy  compact  is
 29    hereby  enacted into law and entered into with all other jurisdictions legally
 30    joined therein in the form substantially as follows:
 31        The contracting parties agree to the following:
                                                                        
 32                                       Overview
 33        (a)  In general. This compact organizes an electronic information  sharing
 34    system  among  the federal government and the states to exchange criminal his-
 35    tory records for noncriminal justice purposes authorized by federal  or  state
 36    law, such as background checks for governmental licensing and employment.
 37        (b)  Obligations  of  parties.  Under  this compact, the FBI and the party
 38    states agree to maintain detailed databases of their respective criminal  his-
 39    tory  records,  including arrests and dispositions, and to make them available
 40    to the federal government and to party states for authorized purposes. The FBI
 41    shall also manage the federal data facilities that provide a significant  part
 42    of the infrastructure for the system.
                                                                        
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  1                                      ARTICLE I
  2                                     DEFINITIONS
                                                                        
  3        In this compact:
  4        (1)  Attorney general. The term "attorney general" means the attorney gen-
  5    eral of the United States.
  6        (2)  Compact officer. The term "compact officer" means:
  7        (A)  With  respect to the federal government, an official so designated by
  8        the director of the FBI; and
  9        (B)  With respect to a party state, the chief administrator of the state's
 10        criminal history record repository or a designee of the chief  administra-
 11        tor who is a regular full-time employee of the repository.
 12        (3)  Council.  The  term  "council"  means the compact council established
 13    under article VI.
 14        (4)  Criminal history records. The term "criminal history records":
 15        (A)  Means information collected by criminal justice agencies on individu-
 16        als consisting of identifiable  descriptions  and  notations  of  arrests,
 17        detentions,  indictments, or other formal criminal charges, and any dispo-
 18        sition arising therefrom, including  acquittal,  sentencing,  correctional
 19        supervision, or release; and
 20        (B)  Does  not  include  identification  information  such  as fingerprint
 21        records if such information does not indicate involvement of the  individ-
 22        ual with the criminal justice system.
 23        (5)  Criminal history record repository. The term "criminal history record
 24    repository"  means the state agency designated by the governor or other appro-
 25    priate executive official or the legislature of a state to perform centralized
 26    recordkeeping functions for criminal  history  records  and  services  in  the
 27    state.
 28        (6)  Criminal  justice.  The  term  "criminal justice" includes activities
 29    relating to the detection, apprehension, detention,  pretrial  release,  post-
 30    trial  release,  prosecution, adjudication, correctional supervision, or reha-
 31    bilitation of accused persons or criminal  offenders.  The  administration  of
 32    criminal  justice  includes criminal identification activities and the collec-
 33    tion, storage, and dissemination of criminal history records.
 34        (7)  Criminal justice agency. The term "criminal justice agency":
 35        (A)  Means:
 36             (i)   Courts; and
 37             (ii)  A governmental agency or any subunit thereof that:
 38                  (I)   Performs the administration of criminal  justice  pursuant
 39                  to a statute or executive order; and
 40                  (II)  Allocates  a  substantial part of its annual budget to the
 41                  administration of criminal justice; and
 42        (B)  Includes federal and state inspectors general offices.
 43        (8)  Criminal justice services. The term "criminal justice services" means
 44    services provided by the FBI to criminal justice agencies  in  response  to  a
 45    request  for  information  about  a  particular  individual or as an update to
 46    information previously provided for criminal justice purposes.
 47        (9)  Criterion offense. The term "criterion offense" means any  felony  or
 48    misdemeanor offense not included on the list of  nonserious offenses published
 49    periodically by the FBI.
 50        (10) Direct  access. The term "direct access" means access to the national
 51    identification index by computer terminal or other automated means not requir-
 52    ing the assistance of or intervention by any other party or agency.
 53        (11) Executive order. The term "executive order" means  an  order  of  the
 54    president  of the United States or the chief executive officer of a state that
                                                                        
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  1    has the force of law and that is promulgated  in  accordance  with  applicable
  2    law.
  3        (12) FBI. The term "FBI" means the federal bureau of investigation.
  4        (13) Interstate identification system. The term "interstate identification
  5    index system" or "III system":
  6        (A)  Means the cooperative federal-state system for the exchange of crimi-
  7        nal history records; and
  8        (B)  Includes  the national identification index, the national fingerprint
  9        file and, to the extent of their participation in such system, the  crimi-
 10        nal history record repositories of the states and the FBI.
 11        (14) National fingerprint file. The term "national fingerprint file" means
 12    a  database  of  fingerprints, or other uniquely personal identifying informa-
 13    tion, relating to an arrested or charged individual maintained by the  FBI  to
 14    provide positive identification of record subjects indexed in the III system.
 15        (15) National  identification  index.  The  term  "national identification
 16    index" means an index maintained by the FBI consisting of  names,  identifying
 17    numbers,  and  other descriptive information relating to record subjects about
 18    whom there are criminal history records in the III system.
 19        (16) National indices. The term  "national  indices"  means  the  national
 20    identification index and the national fingerprint file.
 21        (17) Nonparty  state. The term "nonparty state" means a state that has not
 22    ratified this compact.
 23        (18) Noncriminal justice purposes. The term "noncriminal justice purposes"
 24    means uses of criminal history records for purposes authorized by  federal  or
 25    state law other than purposes relating to criminal justice activities, includ-
 26    ing employment suitability, licensing determinations, immigration and natural-
 27    ization matters, and national security clearances.
 28        (19) Party  state.  The term "party state" means a state that has ratified
 29    this compact.
 30        (20) Positive identification. The term "positive identification"  means  a
 31    determination,  based upon a comparison of fingerprints or other equally reli-
 32    able biometric identification techniques, that the subject of a record  search
 33    is  the  same  person  as  the subject of a criminal history record or records
 34    indexed in the III system. Identifications based solely upon a  comparison  of
 35    subjects'  names or other nonunique identification characteristics or numbers,
 36    or combinations thereof, shall not constitute positive identification.
 37        (21) Sealed record  information.  The  term  "sealed  record  information"
 38    means:
 39        (A)  With respect to adults, that portion of a record that is:
 40             (i)   Not available for criminal justice uses;
 41             (ii)  Not  supported by fingerprints or other accepted means of posi-
 42             tive identification; or
 43             (iii) Subject to restrictions on dissemination for  noncriminal  jus-
 44             tice  purposes pursuant to a court order related to a particular sub-
 45             ject or pursuant to a federal or state statute that  requires  action
 46             on a sealing petition filed by a particular record subject; and
 47        (B)  With respect to juveniles, whatever each state determines is a sealed
 48        record under its own law and procedure.
 49        (22) State.  The term "state" means any state, territory, or possession of
 50    the United States, the District of Columbia, and the  Commonwealth  of  Puerto
 51    Rico.
                                                                        
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  1                                      ARTICLE II
  2                                       PURPOSES
                                                                        
  3        The purposes of this compact are to:
  4        (1)  Provide  a  legal  framework  for  the establishment of a cooperative
  5    federal-state system for the interstate and federal-state exchange of criminal
  6    history records for noncriminal justice uses;
  7        (2)  Require the FBI to permit use of the  national  identification  index
  8    and  the  national  fingerprint file by each party state, and to provide, in a
  9    timely fashion, federal and  state  criminal  history  records  to  requesting
 10    states,  in  accordance  with the terms of this compact and with rules, proce-
 11    dures, and standards established by the council under article VI;
 12        (3)  Require party states to  provide  information  and  records  for  the
 13    national identification index and the national fingerprint file and to provide
 14    criminal  history  records,  in  a  timely fashion, to criminal history record
 15    repositories of other states and the federal government for  noncriminal  jus-
 16    tice  purposes,  in  accordance with the terms of this compact and with rules,
 17    procedures, and standards established by the council under article VI;
 18        (4)  Provide for the establishment of a  council  to  monitor  III  system
 19    operations  and to prescribe system rules and procedures for the effective and
 20    proper operation of the III system for noncriminal justice purposes; and
 21        (5)  Require the FBI and each party state to adhere to  III  system  stan-
 22    dards  concerning  record  dissemination and use, response times, system secu-
 23    rity, data quality, and other duly  established   standards,  including  those
 24    that enhance the accuracy and privacy of such records.
                                                                        
 25                                     ARTICLE III
 26                         RESPONSIBILITIES OF COMPACT PARTIES
                                                                        
 27        (a)  FBI responsibilities. The director of the FBI shall:
 28        (1)  Appoint an FBI compact officer who shall:
 29             (A)  Administer  this  compact  within  the department of justice and
 30             among federal agencies and other agencies and organizations that sub-
 31             mit search requests to the FBI pursuant to article V(c);
 32             (B)  Ensure that compact provisions and rules, procedures, and  stan-
 33             dards prescribed by the council under article VI are complied with by
 34             the department of justice and the federal agencies and other agencies
 35             and organizations referred to in article III(a)(1)(A); and
 36             (C)  Regulate  the use of records received by means of the III system
 37             from party states when such records are supplied by the FBI  directly
 38             to other federal agencies;
 39        (2)  Provide  to  federal  agencies  and  to state criminal history record
 40        repositories, criminal history records maintained in its database for  the
 41        noncriminal justice purposes described in article IV, including:
 42             (A)  Information from nonparty states; and
 43             (B)  Information  from  party  states  that is available from the FBI
 44             through the III system, but is not available  from  the  party  state
 45             through the III system;
 46        (3)  Provide a telecommunications network and maintain centralized facili-
 47        ties  for  the exchange of criminal history records for both criminal jus-
 48        tice purposes and the noncriminal justice purposes  described  in  article
 49        IV,  and  ensure  that  the exchange  of such records for criminal justice
 50        purposes has priority over exchange for noncriminal justice purposes; and
 51        (4)  Modify or enter into user agreements  with  nonparty  state  criminal
 52        history  record  repositories  to require them to establish record request
                                                                        
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  1        procedures conforming to those prescribed in article V.
  2        (b)  State responsibilities. Each party state shall:
  3        (1)  Appoint a compact officer who shall:
  4             (A)  Administer this compact within that state;
  5             (B)  Ensure that compact provisions and rules, procedures, and  stan-
  6             dards  established  by the council under article VI are complied with
  7             in the state; and
  8             (C)  Regulate the in-state use of records received by  means  of  the
  9             III system from the FBI or from other party states;
 10        (2)  Establish  and  maintain  a criminal history record repository, which
 11        shall provide:
 12             (A)  Information and records for the  national  identification  index
 13             and the national fingerprint file; and
 14             (B)  The  state's  III  system-indexed  criminal  history records for
 15             noncriminal justice purposes described in article IV;
 16        (3)  Participate in the national fingerprint file; and
 17        (4)  Provide and maintain telecommunications links and  related  equipment
 18        necessary to support the services set forth in this compact.
 19        (c)  Compliance with III system standards. In carrying out their responsi-
 20    bilities  under  this  compact, the FBI and each party state shall comply with
 21    III system rules, procedures, and standards duly established  by  the  council
 22    concerning  record dissemination and use, response times, data quality, system
 23    security, accuracy, privacy protection, and other aspects of III system opera-
 24    tion.
 25        (d)  Maintenance of record services.
 26        (1)  Use of the III system for noncriminal justice purposes authorized  in
 27        this  compact shall be managed so as not to diminish the level of services
 28        provided in support of criminal justice purposes.
 29        (2)  Administration of compact provisions shall not reduce  the  level  of
 30        service available to authorized noncriminal justice users on the effective
 31        date of this compact.
                                                                        
 32                                      ARTICLE IV
 33                            AUTHORIZED RECORD DISCLOSURES
                                                                        
 34        (a)  State  criminal history record repositories. To the extent authorized
 35    by section 552a of title 5, United States Code (commonly known as the "Privacy
 36    Act of 1974"), the FBI shall  provide  on  request  criminal  history  records
 37    (excluding  sealed  records) to state criminal history record repositories for
 38    noncriminal justice purposes allowed by  federal  statute,  federal  executive
 39    order,  or  a state statute that has been approved by the attorney general and
 40    that authorizes national indices checks.
 41        (b)  Criminal justice agencies and other governmental  or  nongovernmental
 42    agencies. The FBI, to the extent authorized by section 552a of title 5, United
 43    States  Code (commonly known as the "Privacy Act of 1974"), and state criminal
 44    history record repositories shall provide criminal history records  (excluding
 45    sealed records) to criminal justice agencies and other governmental or nongov-
 46    ernmental  agencies  for noncriminal justice purposes allowed by federal stat-
 47    ute, federal executive order, or a state statute that has been approved by the
 48    attorney general, that authorizes national indices checks.
 49        (c)  Procedures. Any record obtained under this compact may be  used  only
 50    for  the  official  purposes  for which the record was requested. Each compact
 51    officer shall establish procedures, consistent with  this  compact,  and  with
 52    rules,  procedures, and standards established by the council under article VI,
 53    which procedures shall protect the accuracy and privacy of  the  records,  and
                                                                        
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  1    shall:
  2        (1)  Ensure  that  records  obtained  under  this compact are used only by
  3        authorized officials for authorized purposes;
  4        (2)  Require that subsequent record checks are requested to obtain current
  5        information whenever a new need arises; and
  6        (3)  Ensure that record entries that may not legally be used for a partic-
  7        ular noncriminal justice purpose are deleted from the response and, if  no
  8        information  authorized  for  release  remains, an appropriate "no record"
  9        response is communicated to the requesting official.
                                                                        
 10                                      ARTICLE V
 11                              RECORD REQUEST PROCEDURES
                                                                        
 12        (a)  Positive identification. Subject fingerprints or other approved forms
 13    of positive identification shall be submitted with all requests  for  criminal
 14    history record checks for noncriminal justice purposes.
 15        (b)  Submission  of  state  requests.  Each request for a criminal history
 16    record check utilizing the national indices  made  under  any  approved  state
 17    statute shall be submitted through that state's criminal history record repos-
 18    itory.  A state criminal history record repository shall process an interstate
 19    request for noncriminal justice purposes through the national indices only  if
 20    such  request  is  transmitted  through  another state criminal history record
 21    repository or the FBI.
 22        (c)  Submission of federal requests. Each  request  for  criminal  history
 23    record  checks  utilizing  the  national  indices made under federal authority
 24    shall be submitted through the FBI or, if the state  criminal  history  record
 25    repository  consents  to process fingerprint submissions, through the criminal
 26    history record repository in the  state  in  which  such  request  originated.
 27    Direct  access to the national identification index by entities other than the
 28    FBI and state criminal history records repositories shall not be permitted for
 29    noncriminal justice purposes.
 30        (d)  Fees. A state criminal history record repository or the FBI:
 31        (1)  May charge a fee, in accordance with applicable law, for  handling  a
 32        request involving fingerprint processing for noncriminal justice purposes;
 33        and
 34        (2)  May  not  charge  a  fee  for  providing  criminal history records in
 35        response to an electronic request for a record that  does  not  involve  a
 36        request to process fingerprints.
 37        (e)  Additional search.
 38        (1)  If a state criminal history record repository cannot positively iden-
 39        tify  the  subject  of  a record request made for noncriminal justice pur-
 40        poses, the request, together with fingerprints or other approved identify-
 41        ing information, shall be forwarded  to  the  FBI  for  a  search  of  the
 42        national indices.
 43        (2)  If,  with  respect to a request forwarded by a state criminal history
 44        record repository under paragraph (1) of this subsection,  the  FBI  posi-
 45        tively  identifies  the  subject  as having a III system-indexed record or
 46        records:
 47             (A)  The FBI shall so advise the state criminal history record repos-
 48             itory; and
 49             (B)  The state criminal history record repository shall  be  entitled
 50             to obtain the additional criminal history record information from the
 51             FBI or other state criminal history record repositories.
                                                                        
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  1                                      ARTICLE VI
  2                           ESTABLISHMENT OF COMPACT COUNCIL
                                                                        
  3        (a)  Establishment.
  4        (1)  In  general.  There  is  established  a  council  to  be known as the
  5        "compact council," which shall have the authority to promulgate rules  and
  6        procedures  governing  the  use  of the III system for noncriminal justice
  7        purposes, not to conflict with FBI administration of the  III  system  for
  8        criminal justice purposes.
  9        (2)  Organization. The council shall:
 10             (A)  Continue in existence as long as this compact remains in effect;
 11             (B)  Be located, for administrative purposes, within the FBI; and
 12             (C)  Be  organized  and hold its first meeting as soon as practicable
 13             after the effective date of this compact.
 14        (b)  Membership. The council shall be composed of  fifteen  (15)  members,
 15    each of whom shall be appointed by the attorney general, as follows:
 16        (1)  Nine  (9)  members, each of whom shall serve a two (2) year term, who
 17        shall be selected from among the compact officers of party states based on
 18        the recommendation of the compact officers of  all  party  states,  except
 19        that, in the absence of the requisite number of compact officers available
 20        to  serve,  the  chief  administrators  of  the  criminal  history  record
 21        repositories  of  nonparty states shall be eligible to serve on an interim
 22        basis.
 23        (2)  Two (2) at-large members, nominated by the director of the FBI,  each
 24        of whom shall serve a three (3) year term, of whom:
 25             (A)  One  (1) shall be a representative of the criminal justice agen-
 26             cies of the federal government and may not be an employee of the FBI;
 27             and
 28             (B)  One (1) shall be a representative  of  the  noncriminal  justice
 29             agencies of the federal government.
 30        (3)  Two  (2)  at-large members, nominated by the chairman of the council,
 31        once the chairman is elected pursuant to article VI(c), each of whom shall
 32        serve a three (3) year term, of whom:
 33             (A)  One (1) shall be a representative of  state  or  local  criminal
 34             justice agencies; and
 35             (B)  One  (1) shall be a representative of state or local noncriminal
 36             justice agencies.
 37        (4)  One (1) member, who shall serve a three (3) year term, and who  shall
 38        simultaneously  be a member of the FBI's advisory policy board on criminal
 39        justice information services, nominated by the membership of  that  policy
 40        board.
 41        (5)  One (1) member, nominated by the director of the FBI, who shall serve
 42        a three (3) year term, and who shall be an employee of the FBI.
 43        (c)  Chairman and vice chairman.
 44        (1)  In  general.  From its membership, the council shall elect a chairman
 45        and a vice chairman of the council, respectively. Both  the  chairman  and
 46        vice chairman of the council:
 47             (A)  Shall  be  a compact officer, unless there is no compact officer
 48             on the council who is willing to serve, in which  case  the  chairman
 49             may be an at-large member; and
 50             (B)  Shall serve a two (2) year term and may be reelected to only one
 51             (1) additional two (2) year term.
 52        (2)  Duties  of  vice  chairman.   The  vice chairman of the council shall
 53        serve as the chairman of the council in the absence of the chairman.
 54        (d)  Meetings.
                                                                        
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  1        (1)  In general. The council shall meet at least once  each  year  at  the
  2        call  of  the  chairman.  Each meeting of the council shall be open to the
  3        public. The council shall provide prior public notice in the federal  reg-
  4        ister  of  each  meeting  of  the  council,  including  the  matters to be
  5        addressed at such meeting.
  6        (2) Quorum. A majority of the council or  any  committee  of  the  council
  7        shall  constitute  a  quorum  of the council or of such committee, respec-
  8        tively, for the conduct of business. A lesser  number  may  meet  to  hold
  9        hearings, take testimony, or conduct any business not requiring a vote.
 10        (e)  Rules,  procedures,  and  standards. The council shall make available
 11    for public inspection and copying at the council office within  the  FBI,  and
 12    shall  publish  in  the  federal register, any rules, procedures, or standards
 13    established by the council.
 14        (f)  Assistance from FBI. The  council  may  request  from  the  FBI  such
 15    reports, studies, statistics, or other information or materials as the council
 16    determines  to  be necessary to enable the council to perform its duties under
 17    this compact. The FBI, to the extent  authorized  by  law,  may  provide  such
 18    assistance or information upon such a request.
 19        (g)  Committees.  The  chairman  may  establish committees as necessary to
 20    carry out this compact and may prescribe their  membership,  responsibilities,
 21    and duration.
                                                                        
 22                                     ARTICLE VII
 23                               RATIFICATION OF COMPACT
                                                                        
 24        This  compact shall take effect upon being entered into by two (2) or more
 25    states as between those states and the  federal  government.  Upon  subsequent
 26    entering  into  this  compact  by additional states, it shall become effective
 27    among those states and the federal government and each party  state  that  has
 28    previously  ratified it. When ratified, this compact shall have the full force
 29    and effect of law within the ratifying jurisdictions. The form of ratification
 30    shall be in accordance with the laws of the executing state.
                                                                        
 31                                     ARTICLE VIII
 32                               MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
                                                                        
 33        (a)  Relation of compact to certain FBI activities. Administration of this
 34    compact shall not interfere with the management and control of the director of
 35    the FBI over the  FBI's  collection  and  dissemination  of  criminal  history
 36    records and the advisory function of the FBI's advisory policy board chartered
 37    under  the  federal  advisory  committee  act (5 U.S.C. App.) for all purposes
 38    other than noncriminal justice.
 39        (b)  No authority for nonappropriated expenditures. Nothing in  this  com-
 40    pact  shall require the FBI to obligate or expend funds beyond those appropri-
 41    ated to the FBI.
 42        (c)  Relating to public law 92-544. Nothing in this compact shall diminish
 43    or  lessen  the  obligations,  responsibilities, and authorities of any state,
 44    whether a party state or a nonparty state, or of any criminal  history  record
 45    repository or other subdivision or component thereof, under the departments of
 46    state,  justice,  and commerce, the judiciary, and related agencies appropria-
 47    tion act, 1973 (public law 92-544), or regulations and guidelines  promulgated
 48    thereunder,  including  the  rules  and  procedures promulgated by the council
 49    under article VI(a), regarding the use and dissemination of  criminal  history
 50    records and information.
                                                                        
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  1                                      ARTICLE IX
  2                                     RENUNCIATION
                                                                        
  3        (a)  In general.  This compact shall bind each party state until renounced
  4    by the party state.
  5        (b)  Effect. Any renunciation of this compact by a party state shall:
  6        (1)  Be effected in the same manner by which the party state ratified this
  7        compact; and
  8        (2)  Become  effective  one hundred eighty (180) days after written notice
  9        of renunciation is provided by the party state to each other  party  state
 10        and to the federal government.
                                                                        
 11                                      ARTICLE X
 12                                     SEVERABILITY
                                                                        
 13        The  provisions  of  this  compact  shall be severable, and if any phrase,
 14    clause, sentence, or provision of this compact is declared to be  contrary  to
 15    the  constitution  of  any  participating state, or to the constitution of the
 16    United States, or the applicability thereof to any government, agency, person,
 17    or circumstance is held invalid, the validity of the remainder of this compact
 18    and the applicability thereof to any government, agency,  person,  or  circum-
 19    stance  shall  not  be  affected thereby. If a portion of this compact is held
 20    contrary to the constitution of any party state, all other  portions  of  this
 21    compact shall remain in full force and effect as to the remaining party states
 22    and  in  full force and effect as to the party state affected, as to all other
 23    provisions.
                                                                        
 24                                      ARTICLE XI
 25                               ADJUDICATION OF DISPUTES
                                                                        
 26        (a)  In general.  The council shall:
 27        (1)  Have initial authority to make determinations  with  respect  to  any
 28        dispute regarding:
 29             (A)  Interpretation of this compact;
 30             (B)  Any  rule  or  standard  established  by the council pursuant to
 31             article VI; and
 32             (C)  Any dispute or controversy between any parties to this  compact;
 33             and
 34        (2)  Hold  a  hearing concerning any dispute described in paragraph (1) of
 35        this subsection at a regularly scheduled meeting of the council  and  only
 36        render  a  decision based upon a majority vote of the members of the coun-
 37        cil. Such decision shall be published  pursuant  to  the  requirements  of
 38        article VI(e).
 39        (b)  Duties  of FBI. The FBI shall exercise immediate and necessary action
 40    to preserve the integrity of the III system, maintain system policy and  stan-
 41    dards,  protect  the  accuracy  and privacy of records, and to prevent abuses,
 42    until the council holds a hearing on such matters.
 43        (c)  Right of appeal. The FBI or a party state may appeal any decision  of
 44    the  council  to  the  attorney  general,  and thereafter may file suit in the
 45    appropriate district court of the United States,  which  shall  have  original
 46    jurisdiction  of  all  cases  or controversies arising under this compact. Any
 47    suit arising under this compact and  initiated  in  a  state  court  shall  be
 48    removed  to  the appropriate district court of the United States in the manner
 49    provided by section 1446 of title 28, United States Code, or  other  statutory
 50    authority.
                                                                        
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  1        SECTION 2.  That Chapter 30, Title 67, Idaho Code, be, and the same hereby
  2    amended  by  the addition thereto of a NEW SECTION, to be known and designated
  3    as Section 67-3013, Idaho Code, and to read as follows:
                                                                        
  4        67-3013.  APPOINTMENT OF COMPACT OFFICER. The director of the Idaho  state
  5    police shall appoint an Idaho state police employee as compact officer for the
  6    purpose  of  complying  with  article III of the national crime prevention and
  7    privacy compact, as set forth in section 67-3012, Idaho Code.

Statement of Purpose / Fiscal Impact


                     STATEMENT  OF  PURPOSE

                            RS 14471

Congress passed the National Crime Prevention and Privacy Compact in 1998. 
This bill allows Idaho to join 21 other states that have ratified the
compact.  

The intent of the interstate compact is to improve the quality and
completeness of criminal history records made available to a state when it
conducts national fingerprint-based record checks for applicant or non-
criminal justice purposes.   Pursuant to the compact, criminal history
records automated and held at the state level will be used in lieu of the
records held by the FBI, as state held records are more complete and
accurate.  (There can be time lags in the delivery of criminal history
records and disposition information from states to the FBI.)  

The goal of the compact is a master "index-pointer" approach that ties the
computerized files of the FBI and the state-level centralized criminal
history files into a national record system available for applicant
purposes. This will help ensure that when authorized agencies or
organizations screen persons seeking positions of trust they will receive
more complete information on which to base an informed decision.  This is
currently not possible because of the diverse state laws regulating
applicant/civil access to the state centralized criminal history records.  

The compact provides that the laws of the state receiving criminal history
information from the national system will govern release or dissemination. 
Section 67-3003, Idaho Code, establishes the Idaho State Police, Bureau of
Criminal Identification, as the state's central repository of criminal
history records.  Section 67-3008, Idaho Code, sets forth the requirements
and procedures for release of central repository information.

A compact council has authority to promulgate administrative rules and to
adjudicate disputes.  State-appointed officials compose a majority of the
council. 


                           FISCAL NOTE

The FBI recently conducted a review of Idaho's ability to meet compact
standards and comply with operational requirements.  The review team
determined that only minimal changes in operations by the Bureau of
Criminal Identification are necessary for compliance.  Implementing these
process changes will incur no cost for the Idaho State Police or other
units of state or local government.


CONTACT   
Name:          Ann Cronin
Agency:        Idaho State Police
Phone:         884-7002

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