SB543 Alabama 2010 Session

Updated Jul 26, 2021

Summary

Primary Sponsor: Steve French
Republican
Co-Sponsors: Larry Dixon Tom Butler Myron Penn Wendell Mitchell Arthur Orr Hinton Mitchem Quinton Ross Hank Sanders Zeb Little Rodger Smitherman Trip Pittman Ben H. Brooks J.T. Waggoner Vivian Davis Figures
Session: Regular Session 2010
Title: Alabama Criminal Justice Information Center Commission and the Alabama Criminal Justice Information Center, members, operation, powers, duties, fees, crime of misuse of ACJIC information established, Alabama Statistical Analysis Center established, background checks by licensing agencies, interstate exchange of criminal history information, ratification of compact, penalties, Secs. 41-9-590, 41-9-591, 41-9-592, 41-9-594, 41-9-597, 41-9-600, 41-9-601, 41-9-621, 41-9-622, 41-9-623, 41-9-630 am'd. (2010-20820)
Description: This bill would relate to the Alabama Criminal Justice Information Center Commission and the Alabama Criminal Justice Information Center and would further provide for the members of the commission and the operation of the commission and center. The bill would authorize the commission to charge fees for information related to noncriminal background checks, establish the crime of misuse of ACJIC information, authorize the commission to establish the Alabama Statistical Analysis Center, authorize research and development. The bill would authorize any licensing agency to conduct a background check. The bill would also authorize the interstate exchange of criminal history information and ratify the National Crime Prevention and Privacy Compact.
Amendment 621 of the Constitution of Alabama of 1901 prohibits a general law whose purpose or effect would be to require a new or increased expenditure of local funds from becoming effective with regard to a local governmental entity without enactment by a 2/3 vote unless: it comes within one of a number of specified exceptions; it is approved by the affected entity; or the Legislature appropriates funds, or provides a local source of revenue, to the entity for the purpose.
The purpose or effect of this bill would be to require a new or increased expenditure of local funds within the meaning of Amendment 621. However, the bill does not require approval of a local governmental entity or enactment by a 2/3 vote to become effective because it comes within one of the specified exceptions contained in Amendment 621.
Subjects: Criminal Justice Information Center