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15-A BILL
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17-AN ACT
18-Relating to the Alabama Justice Information Commission;
19-to amend Sections 41-9-590, 41-9-594, 41-9-625, and 41-9-650,
20-Code of Alabama 1975, to mandate the collection and
21-dissemination of biometric identifiers by certain entities; to
22-authorize the use of certain approved biometric identification
23-devices by law enforcement officers to identify individuals;
24-to establish and provide for the operation of the Alabama
25-Background Check Service; to add Sections 41-9-650.1,
26-41-9-650.2, 41-9-650.3, 41-9-650.4, and 41-9-650.5 to the Code
27-of Alabama 1975, to authorize ALEA to perform authorized
28-background checks for noncriminal justice purposes; to provide
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30-noncriminal justice purposes; to authorize ALEA and its
31-Secretary to establish and collect fees for background checks
32-for noncriminal justice purposes; to establish the Alabama Rap
33-Back Program; to provide penalties for the misuse of a
34-background check report; to make conforming changes to update
35-terminology; to make nonsubstantive, technical revisions to
36-update the existing code language to current style; and to
37-repeal Article 4 of Chapter 2 of Title 32, Code of Alabama
15+SYNOPSIS:
16+This bill would mandate certain agencies to
17+collect biometric identifiers and provide for their
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19+This bill would authorize the use of certain
20+approved biometric identification devices by law
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22+This bill would establish and provide for the
23+operation of the Alabama Background Check Service.
24+This bill would provide for approved uses and
25+types of background checks for noncriminal justice
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27+This bill would authorize the Alabama State Law
28+Enforcement Agency (ALEA) to establish and collect fees
29+for background checks for noncriminal justice purposes.
30+This bill would establish the Alabama Rap Back
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32+This bill would provide penalties for the misuse
33+of a background check report.
34+This bill would make various changes to update
35+terminology and would make nonsubstantive, technical
36+revisions to update the existing code language to
37+current style.
38+This bill would also repeal a provision of law
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69+relating to the release of criminal history
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71+A BILL
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74+Relating to the Alabama Justice Information Commission;
75+to amend Sections 41-9-590, 41-9-594, 41-9-625, and 41-9-650,
76+Code of Alabama 1975, to mandate the collection and
77+dissemination of biometric identifiers by certain entities; to
78+authorize the use of certain approved biometric identification
79+devices by law enforcement officers to identify individuals;
80+to establish and provide for the operation of the Alabama
81+Background Check Service; to add Sections 41-9-650.1,
82+41-9-650.2, 41-9-650.3, 41-9-650.4, and 41-9-650.5 to the Code
83+of Alabama 1975, to authorize ALEA to perform authorized
84+background checks for noncriminal justice purposes; to provide
85+for approved types and uses of background checks for
86+noncriminal justice purposes; to authorize ALEA and its
87+Secretary to establish and collect fees for background checks
88+for noncriminal justice purposes; to establish the Alabama Rap
89+Back Program; to provide penalties for the misuse of a
90+background check report; to make conforming changes to update
91+terminology; to make nonsubstantive, technical revisions to
92+update the existing code language to current style; and to
6793 repeal Article 4 of Chapter 2 of Title 32, Code of Alabama
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68124 1975, regarding criminal history information.
69125 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF ALABAMA:
70126 Section 1. Sections 41-9-590, 41-9-594, 41-9-625, and
71127 41-9-650, Code of Alabama 1975, are amended to read as
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77133 (1) AJIC or COMMISSION. The Alabama Justice Information
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79135 (2) ALEA. The Alabama State Law Enforcement Agency.
80136 (3) ALEA CJIS. The Criminal Justice Information
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82138 (4) BACKGROUND CHECK. A report produced by one or more
83139 information systems within ALEA that identifies a specific
84140 person's criminal history record within the state criminal
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86142 history record information from the national criminal history
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88144 safety-related information maintained or accessed through the
89145 authority of ALEA.
90146 (5) CRIMINAL HISTORY RECORD INFORMATION. Information
91147 collected by criminal justice agencies on individuals
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126182 sentencing, correctional induction, supervision, or release.
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129185 individual's involvement with the criminal justice system.
130186 (3)(6) CRIMINAL JUSTICE AGENCIES. Federal, state,
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134190 rehabilitation of civil, traffic, and criminal offenders.
135191 (4)(7) CRIMINAL JUSTICE INFORMATION. Data necessary for
136192 criminal justice Information based upon data under the
137193 authority of ALEA or AJIC necessary for criminal justice and
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139195 existing law missions. This term includes , but is not limited
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142198 identifiable information, bond conditions and provisions,
143199 case/incident case or incident history data reports, and any
144200 other data deemed criminal justice information by the FBI CJIS
145201 Security Policy. The term also includes ALEA-provided or FBI
146202 CJIS-provided data necessary to make hiring decisions. In
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148204 CJIS-provided data necessary for civil agencies to perform
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151207 (5)(8) CRIMINAL JUSTICE INFORMATION SERVICES DIVISION
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184240 and intelligence community partners with needed criminal
185241 justice information FBI that is responsible for the
186242 collection, warehousing, and timely dissemination of relevant
187243 criminal justice information to the FBI and to qualified law
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189245 and licensing agencies .
190246 (9) FBI. The Federal Bureau of Investigation.
191247 (6)(10) INFORMATION SYSTEM. A system of people, data,
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194250 (7)(11) NLETS. Network provider The national
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196252 and public safety information among multiple between state,
197253 federal, and international criminal justice agencies.
198254 (8)(12) NLETS SYSTEM AGENCY or NSA. The state agency
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200256 information provided by NLETS to criminal justice and public
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202258 the governing board for NLETS .
203259 (13) NONCRIMINAL JUSTICE PURPOSE. The uses of criminal
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242298 (15) RAP BACK. A system that enables authorized
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244300 criminal history reported by ALEA or the FBI on individuals
245301 whose fingerprints are registered in the ALEA CJIS biometric
246302 identity repository or the FBI CJIS national fingerprint file.
247303 (10)(16) SECRETARY. The Secretary of the Alabama State
248304 Law Enforcement Agency.
249305 (11)(17) SBI. The State Bureau of Investigation
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251307 (12)(18) USER AGENCY. Any agency or entity that
252308 subscribes to, accesses, or views any ALEA information system
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255311 (a) The commission shall establish its own rules and
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258314 rules of the commission are subject to the Administrative
259315 Procedure Act, Chapter 22 of Title 41. ALEA may establish
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262318 (b) The commission shall establish adopt rules and
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265321 implementation of this article and restrict the use of
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267323 (c) The chair of the commission shall appoint a Privacy
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300356 chair and three members, to study the privacy and security
301357 implications of sharing criminal justice information and to
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304360 dissemination, or usage of criminal justice information.
305361 (d) The commission may adopt rules and policies
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307363 criminal justice information that conform to the policies of
308364 the FBI CJIS. The commission may adopt rules and policies that
309365 permit ALEA to perform background checks for noncriminal
310366 justice purposes and may provide for the procedure for
311367 obtaining the records including, but not limited to, charging
312368 a fee not to exceed twenty-five dollars ($25) for securing
313369 records through ALEA. All fees shall be deposited into the
314370 State Treasury to the credit of the Public Safety Fund and
315371 shall be used to cover the expenses for improving criminal
316372 history records and the state repository at ALEA.
317373 (e) Any rule or policy of the commission to the
318374 contrary notwithstanding, the police department of any college
319375 or university in this state which offers medical, nursing, and
320376 health care education, or which operates a hospital may
321377 request from ALEA a criminal background check on any person
322378 who applies for employment with the college or university, and
323379 ALEA may charge a background search fee of up to twenty-five
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325381 the applicant. All fee proceeds from the background check fee
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358414 improving criminal history records and the state repository at
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360416 (f) The commission may establish a fee schedule for any
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362418 All fees shall be deposited into the State Treasury to the
363419 credit of the Public Safety Fund and shall be used to support,
364420 develop, maintain, and promote operations as authorized in
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367423 (a) All persons in this state in charge of law
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369425 identifiers, which may include fingerprints, photographs, palm
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372428 and the rules established by the commission of all persons
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374430 of all unidentified human corpses in their jurisdictions. All
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378434 (b) If any person arrested or taken into custody is
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415-offense, the arresting agency shall obtain biometric
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474530 individual to the extent allowed by state law in situations
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476532 take action to identify an individual. The device must meet
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480536 In addition to any other requirements, any agency,
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484540 requirements. Any agency, board, or commission adopting a rule
485541 requiring a background check shall be subject to rules and
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488544 (a) ALEA shall establish and operate a service, to be
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492548 (b) AJIC shall adopt rules for the governance of the
493549 Alabama Background Check Service. ALEA shall establish
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496552 (c) ALEA may contract with one or more vendors or other
497553 third-party entities to facilitate any or all functions of the
498554 service on behalf of ALEA. "
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532588 §41-9-650.1
533589 (a) For the noncriminal justice purposes specified
534590 herein, ALEA may provide a background check to any of the
535591 following persons or entities:
536592 (1) Any public or private employer, to screen a
537593 prospective employee or contractor or for other employment
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539595 (2) Any government agency, board, or commission with
540596 legal authority to issue a license, permit, or certification,
541597 to screen an applicant for the issuance or renewal of the
542598 license, permit, or certification.
543599 (3) Any nonprofit or volunteer organization, to screen
544600 a prospective or current volunteer of the organization.
545601 (4) Any housing authority or lessor of rental property,
546602 to screen a prospective or current resident.
547603 (5) Any educational entity, for the purpose of
548604 screening student applicants, prospective or current
549605 volunteers involved with entity-related activities, or other
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551607 the entity and subject to the entity's authority.
552608 (6) Any agency or organization established by federal
553609 or state law, for an official purpose of the agency or
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555611 (7) Any person or entity authorized by the rules of the
556612 commission to obtain a background check for noncriminal
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558614 (b) Except as otherwise provided by law, an individual
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590646 justice purposes shall provide written permission for the
591647 release of information to the authorized person or entity
592648 requesting the check prior to ALEA's dissemination of
593649 background check information. The subject's written permission
594650 shall be maintained, physically or digitally, by the
595651 requesting person or entity for a period of three years or for
596652 the term of the subject's association with the requester,
597653 whichever is longer.
598654 (c) A background check will not be provided on any
599655 individual under 18 years of age without parental consent.
600656 (d) Any person or entity that is authorized by state
601657 law to perform a background check or allowed by law to adopt
602658 rules requiring a background check is subject to the AJIC
603659 rules and ALEA procedures described in Section 41-9-650.
604660 (e) The commission may require a person or entity to
605661 develop background check guidelines for the commission's
606662 review and approval prior to allowing the release of
607663 background check information to that person or entity.
608664 (f) Background check information may only be
609665 disseminated for the specific purposes listed in this section.
610666 No person or entity that has received background check
611667 information from ALEA shall subsequently disseminate the
612668 background check information to any other person or entity.
613669 (g) Any recipient of a background check record may be
614670 subject to an audit by ALEA CJIS.
615671 §41-9-650.2
616672 (a) The Alabama Background Check Service may be
617673 provided through a biometric-based or a name-based search for
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648704 a background check record.
649705 (b) A name-based search shall be initiated by
650706 submitting an individual's name to ALEA through an Internet
651707 web portal or other commission-approved mechanism, which shall
652708 allow for the electronic transfer of records and shall only
653709 return state information results.
654710 (c) The response to a biometric-based search shall only
655711 be provided upon the receipt of biometric information by ALEA
656712 or a commission-approved third-party entity acting on behalf
657713 of ALEA that meets all FBI standards for biometric
658714 identification collection. This search shall provide state
659715 information results as well as other state and federal
660716 information as allowed by law.
661717 (d) An applicant for a license, permit, or
662718 certification shall provide the issuing government agency,
663719 board, or commission with his or her name, date of birth,
664720 Social Security Number, and written permission for the release
665721 of information on a form sworn by the applicant. This
666722 information shall be digitally provided to ALEA. If a
667723 biometric-based check is requested, the applicant shall submit
668724 fingerprints or other biometrics in accordance with rules of
669725 ALEA and AJIC. If a national record check is required, ALEA
670726 shall forward or process the applicant's prints or other
671727 biometrics to the FBI for a national criminal background check
672728 in a manner consistent with federal law.
673729 §41-9-650.3
674730 (a) The secretary may establish reasonable record fees
675731 for the provision of a background check report, not to exceed
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706762 thirty dollars ($30). The record fee may be waived at the
707763 discretion of the secretary.
708764 (b) Additional costs may be assessed to a person or
709765 entity requesting a background check for any of the following:
710766 (1) The cost for a national criminal background check,
711767 as determined by the FBI.
712768 (2) Financial transaction fees.
713769 (3) A reasonable one-time account registration fee.
714770 (c) ALEA may enter into an agreement with one or more
715771 vendors or other third-party entities to perform background
716772 check services for ALEA on the basis of fee sharing or by
717773 adding an additional convenience fee for third-party services.
718774 (d) Requests for background checks made by the Alabama
719775 Peace Officers' Standards and Training Commission or by any
720776 criminal justice agency are exempt from fees established
721777 pursuant to this section, if the request is made for criminal
722778 justice purposes or for the purpose of making an employment
723779 suitability decision.
724780 (e) All monies received for background checks shall be
725781 deposited in the State Treasury to the credit of the Public
726782 Safety Fund. Such monies shall be used for the purposes of
727783 ALEA CJIS and for other ALEA expenses as determined by the
728784 secretary.
729785 §41-9-650.4
730786 (a) As part of the Alabama Background Check Service,
731787 ALEA may establish the Alabama Rap Back Program. If
732788 established, ALEA shall participate in the FBI's Next
733789 Generation Identification (NGI) Rap Back Service. The purpose
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763-Generation Identification (NGI) Rap Back Service. The purpose
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764820 of the rap back service is to allow ALEA to notify
765821 participating entities when an enrolled individual is the
766822 subject of a rap back notification event, including, but not
767823 limited to, being arrested for or convicted of a criminal
768824 offense.
769825 (b) As used in this section, the following words have
770826 the following meanings:
771827 (1) INDIVIDUAL. Any person who has undergone a
772828 fingerprint-based background check in order to care for
773829 children, the disabled, or the elderly, or to be licensed,
774830 certified, or perform volunteer service, or for any other FBI
775831 or federally authorized purpose with a participating entity
776832 and who has been enrolled by that participating entity in the
777833 Alabama Rap Back Program.
778834 (2) PARTICIPATING ENTITY. An entity with statutory
779835 authority to require an individual to undergo a
780836 fingerprint-based background check as a condition to care for
781837 children, the disabled, or the elderly, or to be licensed,
782838 certified, or perform volunteer service, or for any other FBI
783839 or federally authorized purpose and has elected to enroll
784840 those individuals in the Alabama Rap Back Program.
785841 (c) ALEA may submit fingerprints and accompanying
786842 records to the FBI to be retained in and advised through the
787843 FBI's NGI Rap Back Service when an enrolled individual is
788844 arrested for or convicted of a criminal offense. Fingerprints
789845 submitted to the FBI may be used for future searches,
790846 including latent searches.
791847 (d) ALEA shall ensure that notification is made to the
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821-(d) ALEA shall ensure that notification is made to the
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822878 participating entity that enrolls an individual in the Alabama
823879 Rap Back Program when an FBI Rap Back report notification is
824880 received. The information contained in the notification shall
825881 be used by the participating entity for purposes of
826882 determining the eligibility of the continued service of the
827883 individual and shall not be further disseminated.
828884 (e) No liability shall be imposed upon any law
829885 enforcement official who disseminates information, or does not
830886 disseminate information, in a good faith attempt to comply
831887 with the requirements of this section. Nothing in this
832888 subsection shall be construed to grant immunity for gross
833889 negligence or willful misconduct.
834890 (f) ALEA shall adopt rules governing the operation and
835891 maintenance of the Alabama Rap Back Program and the removal
836892 and destruction of records on individuals who are deceased or
837893 who are no longer individuals as defined in this section. Such
838894 rules shall provide that a participating entity shall
839895 disenroll any individual who is deceased or is no longer an
840896 individual as defined in this section within five business
841897 days of death or such event that no longer requires the
842898 individual to be enrolled in the Alabama Rap Back Program to
843899 ensure the prompt removal and destruction of records from the
844900 Alabama Rap Back Program.
845901 (g) ALEA may assess an annual fee not to exceed twelve
846902 dollars ($12) per individual enrolled in the Alabama Rap Back
847903 Program. The fee shall be paid by the participating entity
848904 enrolling an individual in the Alabama Rap Back Program. When
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880936 in the Alabama Rap Back Program, both participating entities
881937 shall be responsible for paying the full cost for maintenance
882938 and notification. Any fees collected shall be deposited in the
883939 State Treasury to the credit of the Public Safety Fund. Such
884940 monies shall be used for the purposes of ALEA CJIS and for
885941 other ALEA expenses as determined by the secretary.
886942 (h) No participating entity authorized to submit
887943 fingerprints shall be considered negligent per se in a civil
888944 action solely because the entity elected not to enroll an
889945 individual in the Alabama Rap Back Program pursuant to this
890946 section.
891947 (i) ALEA may establish an in-state rap back service for
892948 any person or entity that does not qualify to receive
893949 information from the FBI Rap Back Service but that has
894950 authority to require a state-only background check.
895951 §41-9-650.5
896952 (a) An individual commits the crime of misuse of a
897953 background check report if he or she does any of the
898954 following:
899955 (1) Knowingly receives, disseminates, or otherwise uses
900956 a background check contrary to the purposes allowed by this
901957 article or otherwise allowed in law.
902958 (2) Performs a background check on an individual
903959 without first receiving a release, when required, from the
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905961 (3) Willfully uses information submitted to the Alabama
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938964 (b) Misuse of a background check report is a Class B
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940-Section 3. Article 4 of Chapter 2 of Title 32, Code of
941-Alabama 1975, relating to the release of criminal history
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