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House File 2391

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  1  1    Section 1.  Section 692.2, subsection 1, unnumbered
  1  2 paragraph 1, Code Supplement 1995, is amended to read as
  1  3 follows:
  1  4    Except in cases in which members of the department are
  1  5 participating in an investigation or arrest or as provided in
  1  6 subsection 1A, the department and bureau may provide copies or
  1  7 communicate information from criminal history data only to the
  1  8 following:
  1  9    Sec. 2.  Section 692.2, Code Supplement 1995, is amended by
  1 10 adding the following new subsection:
  1 11    NEW SUBSECTION.  1A.  The department and bureau may provide
  1 12 conviction data to a person who requests the information in
  1 13 writing.  The request must identify the person requesting the
  1 14 conviction data and must identify the person whose conviction
  1 15 data is being sought by name and date of birth.
  1 16    Sec. 3.  Section 692.2, subsection 6, unnumbered paragraph
  1 17 1, Code Supplement 1995, is amended to read as follows:
  1 18    The department may charge a fee to any nonlaw-enforcement
  1 19 person or agency to conduct criminal history record checks and
  1 20 otherwise administer this section and other sections of the
  1 21 Code providing access to criminal history records.  The fee
  1 22 shall be set by the commissioner of public safety equal to the
  1 23 cost incurred not to exceed twenty dollars for each individual
  1 24 check requested.  Notwithstanding any other limitation, the
  1 25 department is authorized to use revenues generated from the
  1 26 fee to employ clerical personnel to process criminal history
  1 27 checks for nonlaw-enforcement purposes.  
  1 28                           EXPLANATION
  1 29    This bill provides that the department of public safety's
  1 30 division of criminal investigation and bureau of
  1 31 identification may release criminal conviction data regarding
  1 32 a person upon written request of another person.  The request
  1 33 must specifically identify the person whose criminal
  1 34 conviction data is requested by name and date of birth and
  1 35 must identify the person requesting the data.  The department
  2  1 may charge a person a fee to provide the data.
  2  2    Conviction data is information that a person was convicted
  2  3 of or plead guilty to a public offense.  It includes the date
  2  4 and location of the offense and the place and court of
  2  5 conviction.  
  2  6 LSB 4109HH 76
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