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General Assembly Committee Bill No. 119
January Session, 2021
LCO No. 4251
Referred to Committee on PUBLIC SAFETY AND SECURITY
Introduced by:
(PS)
AN ACT EXEMPTING VOL UNTEER FIRE COMPANIES AND
DEPARTMENTS AND VOLU NTEER AMBULANCE SERV ICES AND
COMPANIES FROM THE F EE FOR A CRIMINAL HISTORY RECORDS
CHECK.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
Section 1. Section 29-11 of the general statutes is repealed and the 1
following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2021): 2
(a) The bureau in the Division of State Police within the Department 3
of Emergency Services and Public Protection known as the State Police 4
Bureau of Identification shall be maintained for the purposes of: (1) 5
Providing an authentic record of each person sixteen years of age or over 6
who is charged with the commission of any crime involving moral 7
turpitude, (2) providing definite information relative to the identity of 8
each person so arrested, (3) providing a record of the final judgment of 9
the court resulting from such arrest, unless such record has been erased 10
pursuant to section 54-142a, and (4) maintaining a central repository of 11
complete criminal history record disposition information. The 12
Commissioner of Emergency Services and Public Protection is directed 13 Committee Bill No. 119
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to maintain the State Police Bureau of Identification, which bureau shall 14
receive, classify and file in an orderly manner all fingerprints, pictures 15
and descriptions, including previous criminal records as far as known 16
of all persons so arrested, and shall classify and file in a like manner all 17
identification material and records received from the government of the 18
United States and from the various state governments and subdivisions 19
thereof, and shall cooperate with such governmental units in the 20
exchange of information relative to criminals. The State Police Bureau of 21
Identification shall accept fingerprints of applicants for admission to the 22
bar of the state and, to the extent permitted by federal law, shall 23
exchange state, multistate and federal criminal history records with the 24
State Bar Examining Committee for purposes of investigation of the 25
qualifications of any applicant for admission as an attorney under 26
section 51-80. The record of all arrests reported to the bureau after March 27
16, 1976, shall contain information of any disposition within ninety days 28
after the disposition has occurred. 29
(b) Any cost incurred by the State Police Bureau of Identification in 30
conducting any name search and fingerprinting of applicants for 31
admission to the bar of the state shall be paid from fees collected by the 32
State Bar Examining Committee. 33
(c) The Commissioner of Emergency Services and Public Protection 34
shall charge the following fees for the service indicated: (1) Name 35
search, thirty-six dollars; (2) fingerprint search, seventy-five dollars; (3) 36
personal record search, seventy-five dollars; (4) letters of good conduct 37
search, seventy-five dollars; (5) bar association search, seventy-five 38
dollars; (6) fingerprinting, fifteen dollars; (7) criminal history record 39
information search, seventy-five dollars. Except as provided in 40
subsection (b) of this section, the provisions of this subsection shall not 41
apply to any (A) federal, state or municipal agency, (B) volunteer fire 42
company or department, or (C) volunteer ambulance service or 43
company. The commissioner shall not require a volunteer fire company 44
or department or a volunteer ambulance service or company to provide 45
proof of insurance as a condition to receiving the waiver of fees 46 Committee Bill No. 119
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pursuant to the provisions of this subsection. 47
(d) The Commissioner of Emergency Services and Public Protection 48
may enter into one or more agreements with independent contractors 49
requiring such contractors to receive and transmit by electronic means 50
fingerprints and demographic information to the State Police Bureau of 51
Identification for the processing of criminal history records checks. The 52
commissioner shall require such contractors to: (1) Collect and remit the 53
fee charged for fingerprinting, as provided in subsection (c) of this 54
section, to the State Police Bureau of Identification, and (2) comply with 55
terms and conditions as the commissioner shall prescribe to protect and 56
ensure the security, privacy, confidentiality and value of the 57
fingerprints and demographic information received and transmitted by 58
such contractors. The commissioner may authorize such contractors to 59
charge a convenience fee, which shall not exceed fifteen dollars, for 60
fingerprinting. 61
(e) The Commissioner of Emergency Services and Public Protection 62
may adopt regulations, in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54, 63
necessary to implement the provisions of the National Child Protection 64
Act of 1993, the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 65
1994, the Volunteers for Children Act of 1998, and the National Crime 66
Prevention and Privacy Compact as provided in section 29-164f to 67
provide for national criminal history records checks to determine an 68
employee's or volunteer's suitability and fitness to care for the safety 69
and well-being of children, the elderly and individuals with disabilities. 70
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
sections:
Section 1 July 1, 2021 29-11
PS Joint Favorable