| 17 | 23 | | A BILL |
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| 18 | 24 | | TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 19 | 25 | | AN ACT |
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| 20 | 26 | | Relating to crimes and offenses; to amend Section |
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| 21 | 27 | | 13A-6-260, Code of Alabama 1975, to further provide for |
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| 22 | 28 | | definitions; and to add Section 13A-6-264 to the Code of |
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| 23 | 29 | | Alabama 1975, to provide for the establishment, development, |
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| 24 | 30 | | management, and maintenance of the Alabama Criminal Enterprise |
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| 25 | 31 | | Database. |
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| 26 | 32 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF ALABAMA: |
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| 27 | 33 | | Section 1. Section 13A-6-260, Code of Alabama 1975, is |
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| 28 | 34 | | amended to read as follows: |
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| 29 | 35 | | "§13A-6-260 |
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| 30 | 36 | | For the purposes of this article, the following terms |
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| 31 | 37 | | have the following meanings: |
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| 32 | 38 | | (1) ALEA. The Alabama State Law Enforcement Agency. |
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| 33 | | - | (1)(2) CRIMINAL ENTERPRISE. Any combination, |
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| 34 | | - | confederation, alliance, network, conspiracy, understanding, |
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| 35 | | - | or other similar arrangement in law or in fact, including a |
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| 36 | | - | streetgang as defined in Section 13A-6-26, of three or more |
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| 37 | | - | persons, through its membership or through the agency of any |
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| 38 | | - | member, that engages in a course or pattern of criminal |
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| 39 | | - | activity. |
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| 68 | + | (1) ALEA. The Alabama State Law Enforcement Agency. |
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| 69 | + | (1)(2) CRIMINAL ENTERPRISE. Any combination, |
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| 70 | + | confederation, alliance, network, conspiracy, understanding, |
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| 71 | + | or other similar arrangement in law or in fact, including a |
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| 72 | + | streetgang as defined in Section 13A-6-26, of three or more |
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| 73 | + | persons, through its membership or through the agency of any |
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| 74 | + | member, that engages in a course or pattern of criminal |
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| 69 | 75 | | activity. |
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| 70 | 76 | | (2)(3) CRIMINAL ENTERPRISE MEMBER. a. An individual who |
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| 71 | 77 | | meets three or more of the following at the time of the |
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| 72 | 78 | | planning or commission of the underlying offense: |
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| 73 | 79 | | a.1. Admits to criminal enterprise membership. |
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| 74 | 80 | | b.2. Is voluntarily identified as a criminal enterprise |
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| 75 | 81 | | member by a parent or guardian. |
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| 76 | 82 | | c.3. Is identified as a criminal enterprise member by a |
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| 77 | 83 | | reliable informant. |
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| 78 | 84 | | d.4. Adopts the style of dress of a criminal |
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| 79 | 85 | | enterprise. |
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| 80 | 86 | | e.5. Adopts the use of a hand sign identified as used |
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| 81 | 87 | | by a criminal enterprise. |
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| 82 | 88 | | f.6. Has a tattoo identified as used by a criminal |
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| 83 | 89 | | enterprise. |
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| 84 | 90 | | g.7. Associates with one or more known criminal |
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| 85 | 91 | | enterprise members. |
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| 86 | 92 | | h.8. Is identified as a criminal enterprise member by |
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| 87 | 93 | | physical evidence. |
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| 88 | 94 | | i.9. Has been observed in the company of one or more |
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| 89 | 95 | | known criminal enterprise members four or more times. |
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| 90 | 96 | | Observation in a custodial setting requires a willful |
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| 127 | 133 | | b. Where a single act or factual transaction satisfied |
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| 128 | 134 | | the requirements of more than one of the criteria in this |
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| 129 | 135 | | subdivisionparagraph a., each of those criteria has been |
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| 130 | 136 | | satisfied for the purposes of this subdivisiondefinition. |
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| 131 | 137 | | (4) CRIMINAL JUSTICE AGENCY. Any federal law |
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| 132 | 138 | | enforcement agency, prosecuting agency, or corrections agency, |
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| 133 | 139 | | or any state, county, or municipal law enforcement agency, |
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| 134 | 140 | | prosecuting agency, or corrections agency in this state. |
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| 135 | 141 | | (5) DATABASE. The Alabama Criminal Enterprise Database. |
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| 136 | | - | (6) DATABASE INFORMATION. Either of the following: |
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| 137 | | - | a. Any contents of the database. |
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| 138 | | - | b. Any records, including electronically stored |
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| 139 | | - | information, that are generated or transmitted to ALEA's |
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| 140 | | - | possession, custody, or control due to a criminal justice |
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| 142 | + | (6) DATABASE INFORMATION. Any contents of the database |
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| 143 | + | or any records that are generated by a criminal justice |
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| 141 | 144 | | agency's submission of information for inclusion in the |
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| 142 | 145 | | database. |
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| 143 | 146 | | (3)(7) DESTRUCTIVE DEVICE. The same meaning as in |
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| 144 | 147 | | Section 13A-10-190. |
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| 145 | 148 | | (4)(8) FIREARM. Any of the following: |
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| 146 | 149 | | a. Any weapon which will, is designed to, or may be |
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| 147 | 150 | | readily be converted to expel a projectile by the action of an |
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| 148 | 151 | | explosive or the frame or receiver of any such weapon. |
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| 149 | 152 | | b. A firearm silencer. |
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| 150 | 153 | | c. A destructive device. |
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| 151 | 154 | | (5)(9) FIREARMS SILENCER. Any device for silencing, |
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| 185 | 188 | | silencer, and any part intended only for use in such assembly |
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| 186 | 189 | | or fabrication. |
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| 187 | 190 | | (6)(10) MACHINE GUN. Any weapon that shoots, is |
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| 188 | 191 | | designed to shoot, or can be readily restored to shoot |
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| 189 | 192 | | automatically more than one shot, without manual reloading, by |
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| 190 | 193 | | a single function of the trigger. The term shall also include |
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| 191 | 194 | | the frame receiver of any such weapon, any part designed and |
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| 192 | 195 | | intended solely and exclusively, or combination of parts |
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| 193 | 196 | | designed and intended, for use in converting a weapon into a |
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| 194 | 197 | | machine gun, and any combination of parts from which a machine |
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| 195 | 198 | | gun can be assembled if such parts are in the possession or |
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| 196 | 199 | | under the control of a person. |
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| 197 | 200 | | (11) SECRETARY. The Secretary of ALEA. |
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| 198 | 201 | | (7)(12) SHORT-BARRELED RIFLE. The same meaning as in |
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| 199 | 202 | | Section 13A-11-62. |
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| 200 | 203 | | (8)(13) SHORT-BARRELED SHOTGUN. The same meaning as in |
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| 201 | 204 | | Section 13A-11-62." |
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| 202 | 205 | | Section 2. Section 13A-6-264 is added to the Code of |
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| 203 | 206 | | Alabama 1975, to read as follows: |
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| 204 | 207 | | §13A-6-264 |
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| 205 | 208 | | (a) Subject to the availability of funding, ALEA shall |
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| 206 | 209 | | establish a statewide inter-jurisdictional criminal |
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| 207 | 210 | | intelligence system known as the Alabama Criminal Enterprise |
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| 208 | 211 | | Database. |
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| 209 | 212 | | (b) ALEA shall establish, develop, manage, and maintain |
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| 243 | 246 | | (c) Any criminal justice agency may submit information |
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| 244 | 247 | | for inclusion in the database. |
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| 245 | 248 | | (d) To the extent permitted under subsection (b), the |
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| 246 | 249 | | database may contain any information about a person reasonably |
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| 247 | 250 | | suspected of criminal conduct or activity that meets both of |
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| 248 | 251 | | the following criteria: |
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| 249 | 252 | | (1) The information is relevant to the person's |
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| 250 | 253 | | suspected criminal conduct or activity. |
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| 251 | 254 | | (2) The information is relevant to identifying an |
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| 252 | 255 | | individual as a criminal enterprise member or identifying a |
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| 253 | 256 | | criminal enterprise. |
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| 254 | 257 | | (e) Subject to rules established by the secretary, any |
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| 255 | 258 | | criminal justice agency may access the database for legitimate |
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| 256 | 259 | | law enforcement or criminal justice purposes. |
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| 257 | | - | (f) ALEA may not permit any person or entity to access |
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| 258 | | - | database information in its possession, custody, or control |
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| 259 | | - | unless one of the following conditions applies: |
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| 260 | | - | (1) The access is made by personnel of a criminal |
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| 261 | | - | justice agency pursuant to subsection (e). |
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| 262 | | - | (2) The access is necessary for ALEA to establish, |
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| 263 | | - | develop, manage, or maintain the database. |
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| 264 | | - | (3) The access is necessary for ALEA to comply with a |
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| 265 | | - | court order, discovery request, or subpoena for the production |
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| 266 | | - | of database information as authorized in subsection (h). |
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| 267 | | - | (4) The access is permitted under subsection (b). |
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| 260 | + | (f) ALEA shall permit an individual or a criminal |
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| 261 | + | justice agency to access the database for any of the following |
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| 262 | + | reasons: |
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| 263 | + | (1) As authorized pursuant to subsection (e). |
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| 264 | + | (2) As necessary to establish, develop, manage, or |
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| 265 | + | maintain the database. |
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| 266 | + | (3) As necessary to comply with a person's rights under |
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| 267 | + | the Constitution of the United States or the Constitution of |
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| 268 | + | Alabama of 2022. |
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| 269 | + | (4) As otherwise permitted under subsection (b). |
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| 303 | | - | or be subject to discovery by subpoena or otherwise, except as |
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| 304 | | - | required by subsection (b), the Constitution of Alabama of |
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| 305 | | - | 2022, the Constitution of the United States, or as necessary |
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| 306 | | - | for a criminal justice agency to pursue a legitimate law |
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| 307 | | - | enforcement or criminal justice purpose. |
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| 308 | | - | (i) Nothing in this section shall affect the |
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| 309 | | - | disclosure, discovery, or admissibility of information that a |
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| 310 | | - | criminal justice agency has in its possession, custody, or |
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| 311 | | - | control by any means other than the agency's access to the |
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| 312 | | - | database or submission of information to the database. |
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| 313 | | - | (j)(1) The secretary shall adopt rules establishing a |
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| 305 | + | and shall not be subject to discovery by subpoena or |
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| 306 | + | otherwise, unless the party using or seeking the information |
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| 307 | + | is permitted to access the information pursuant to |
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| 308 | + | subdivisions (f)(1), (f)(3), or (f)(4). |
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| 309 | + | (i)(1) The secretary shall adopt rules establishing a |
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| 314 | 310 | | uniform digital process for criminal justice agencies to |
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| 315 | 311 | | submit information for inclusion in the database. |
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| 316 | 312 | | (2) The secretary shall adopt rules regarding the use |
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| 317 | 313 | | of database information and may establish and impose civil |
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| 318 | 314 | | penalties and other sanctions for the violation of such rules. |
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| 319 | 315 | | (3) The secretary may adopt rules that otherwise |
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| 320 | 316 | | promote the effective establishment, development, management, |
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| 321 | 317 | | maintenance, or use of the database in compliance with federal |
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| 322 | 318 | | standards. |
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| 323 | 319 | | Section 3. This act shall become effective on June 1, |
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| 324 | 320 | | 2025. |
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