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SENATE BILL NO. 1282<br /> – Lottery, criminal history checks

SENATE BILL NO. 1282

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S1282......................................................by STATE AFFAIRS
LOTTERY - Amends existing law relating to the State Lottery to revise the
authority of the State Lottery's security director to require
fingerprint-based criminal history checks using the Idaho central database
and the Federal Bureau of Investigation's criminal history database on
prospective employees, vendors, contractors, lottery retailers and bingo
and raffle operators.

01/16    Senate intro - 1st rdg - to printing
01/17    Rpt prt - to St Aff
01/18    Rpt out - rec d/p - to 2nd rdg
01/21    2nd rdg - to 3rd rdg
01/23    3rd rdg - PASSED - 35-0-0
      AYES -- Andreason, Bair, Bastian, Bilyeu, Broadsword, Burkett,
      Cameron, Coiner, Corder, Darrington, Davis, Fulcher, Gannon, Geddes,
      Goedde, Hammond, Heinrich, Hill, Jorgenson, Kelly, Keough, Langhorst,
      Little, Lodge, Malepeai(Sagness), McGee, McKague, McKenzie, Pearce,
      Richardson, Schroeder, Siddoway, Stegner, Stennett, Werk
      NAYS -- None
      Absent and excused -- None
    Floor Sponsor - Stennett
    Title apvd - to House
01/24    House intro - 1st rdg - to Jud
02/18    Rpt out - rec d/p - to 2nd rdg
02/19    2nd rdg - to 3rd rdg
02/20    3rd rdg - PASSED - 65-1-4
      AYES -- Anderson, Andrus, Bedke, Bell, Bilbao, Black, Block, Bock,
      Boe, Bolz, Bowers, Bradford, Chadderdon, Chavez, Chew, Clark,
      Collins, Crane, Durst, Eskridge, Hagedorn, Hart, Harwood,
      Henbest(Burgoyne), Henderson, Jaquet, Killen, King, Kren, Labrador,
      LeFavour, Loertscher, Luker, Marriott, Mathews, McGeachin, Mortimer,
      Moyle, Nielsen, Nonini, Pasley-Stuart, Pence, Raybould, Ringo,
      Roberts, Ruchti, Rusche, Sayler, Schaefer, Shepherd(02),
      Shepherd(08), Shirley, Shively, Smith(24), Smith(30)(Stanek),
      Snodgrass, Stevenson, Thayn, Thomas, Trail, Vander Woude, Wills,
      Wood(27), Wood(35), Mr. Speaker
      NAYS -- Barrett
      Absent and excused -- Bayer, Brackett, Lake, Patrick
    Floor Sponsor - Nielsen
    Title apvd - to Senate
02/21    To enrol
02/22    Rpt enrol - Pres signed
02/25    Sp signed
02/26    To Governor
02/27    Governor signed
         Session Law Chapter 40
         Effective: 07/01/08

Bill Text




                                                                       
  ]]]]              LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF IDAHO             ]]]]
 Fifty-ninth Legislature                   Second Regular Session - 2008

                                                                       

                                       IN THE SENATE

                                    SENATE BILL NO. 1282

                                 BY STATE AFFAIRS COMMITTEE

  1                                        AN ACT
  2    RELATING TO THE STATE LOTTERY; AMENDING SECTION 67-7410, IDAHO CODE, TO REVISE
  3        THE AUTHORITY OF THE LOTTERY'S SECURITY DIRECTOR TO  REQUIRE  FINGERPRINT-
  4        BASED  CRIMINAL  HISTORY  CHECKS  USING THE STATE CENTRAL DATABASE AND THE
  5        FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION'S CRIMINAL HISTORY DATABASE ON PROSPECTIVE
  6        EMPLOYEES, VENDORS, CONTRACTORS, LOTTERY RETAILERS AND  BINGO  AND  RAFFLE
  7        OPERATORS.

  8    Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Idaho:

  9        SECTION  1.  That  Section 67-7410, Idaho Code, be, and the same is hereby
 10    amended to read as follows:

 11        67-7410.  DIRECTOR OF LOTTERY SECURITY. The director shall hire a security
 12    director who shall manage the lottery's security division. The security  divi-
 13    sion  shall be responsible for the performance of background investigations of
 14    employees, lottery retailers, bingo and raffle operators,  vendors  and  major
 15    procurement  contractors and for the enforcement of the criminal provisions of
 16    this chapter. In addition, the security division shall develop a security plan
 17    to be implemented by the lottery. The lottery's security  division  is  herein
 18    designated  as  an  Idaho law enforcement agency. The director of security has
 19    the authority to:
 20        (1)  Issue administrative subpoenas during the conduct  of  investigations
 21    in accordance with commission rules and this chapter;
 22        (2)  Require  fingerprint-based  and background checks of criminal history
 23    check of the Idaho central database and the federal bureau of  investigation's
 24    criminal  history database on prospective employees, and vendors, contractors,
 25    lottery retailers and bingo and raffle operators; and
 26        (3)  Access criminal offender record  information  from  the  Idaho  state
 27    police  for  the  purpose  of  background or other investigations performed in
 28    accordance with this chapter.
 29        Such information obtained and kept by the security director shall be  sub-
 30    ject to disclosure according to chapter 3, title 9, Idaho Code. Nothing herein
 31    shall  prohibit  the lottery from disclosing information obtained by it to law
 32    enforcement agencies or other lottery organizations for security  or  enforce-
 33    ment purposes.

Statement of Purpose / Fiscal Impact



                       STATEMENT OF PURPOSE

                             RS 17418

The Federal Bureau of Investigation requires state agencies to have
state statutory authority to request access the FBI criminal
history database.


                           FISCAL NOTE

None.





Contact
Name: Jeff Anderson, Lottery Commission 
Phone: 334-2600


STATEMENT OF PURPOSE/FISCAL NOTE                        S 1282