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| 3 | 3 | | EXPLANATION: CAPITALS INDICATE MAT TER ADDED TO EXISTIN G LAW. |
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| 4 | 4 | | [Brackets] indicate matter deleted from existing law. |
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| 5 | 5 | | *sb0995* |
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| 7 | 7 | | SENATE BILL 995 |
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| 8 | 8 | | E2, L2 5lr3575 |
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| 9 | 9 | | CF HB 492 |
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| 10 | 10 | | By: Frederick County Senators |
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| 11 | 11 | | Introduced and read first time: February 1, 2025 |
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| 12 | 12 | | Assigned to: Rules |
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| 14 | 14 | | A BILL ENTITLED |
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| 16 | 16 | | AN ACT concerning 1 |
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| 18 | 18 | | Frederick County – County Employees and Volunteers – Criminal History 2 |
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| 19 | 19 | | Records Check 3 |
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| 21 | 21 | | FOR the purpose of authorizing the Director of Human Resources of Frederick County to 4 |
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| 22 | 22 | | request in a certain manner a State and national criminal history records check for 5 |
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| 23 | 23 | | a prospective or current county employee or county volunteer; requiring the Central 6 |
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| 24 | 24 | | Repository to forward certain information to certain persons; specifying that 7 |
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| 25 | 25 | | information obtained from the Central Repository under this Act is confidential, may 8 |
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| 26 | 26 | | not be redisseminated, and may be used only for certain purposes; authorizing the 9 |
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| 27 | 27 | | subject of a criminal history records check to contest the contents of a certain 10 |
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| 28 | 28 | | statement in a certain manner; and generally relating to criminal history records 11 |
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| 29 | 29 | | checks for current or prospective county employees and county volunteers of 12 |
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| 30 | 30 | | Frederick County. 13 |
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| 32 | 32 | | BY adding to 14 |
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| 33 | 33 | | Article – Criminal Procedure 15 |
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| 34 | 34 | | Section 10–232.2 16 |
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| 35 | 35 | | Annotated Code of Maryland 17 |
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| 36 | 36 | | (2018 Replacement Volume and 2024 Supplement) 18 |
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| 38 | 38 | | SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF MARYLAND, 19 |
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| 39 | 39 | | That the Laws of Maryland read as follows: 20 |
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| 41 | 41 | | Article – Criminal Procedure 21 |
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| 43 | 43 | | 10–232.2. 22 |
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| 45 | 45 | | (A) IN THIS SECTION , “CENTRAL REPOSITORY” MEANS THE CRIMINAL 23 |
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| 46 | 46 | | JUSTICE INFORMATION SYSTEM CENTRAL REPOSITORY OF THE DEPARTMENT OF 24 |
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| 47 | 47 | | PUBLIC SAFETY AND CORRECTIONAL SERVICES. 25 2 SENATE BILL 995 |
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| 51 | 51 | | (B) THE DIRECTOR OF HUMAN RESOURCES OF FREDERICK COUNTY MAY 1 |
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| 52 | 52 | | REQUEST FROM THE CENTRAL REPOSITORY A STATE AND NATIONAL CR IMINAL 2 |
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| 53 | 53 | | HISTORY RECORDS CHEC K FOR A PROSPECTIVE OR CURRENT EMPLOYEE OR 3 |
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| 54 | 54 | | VOLUNTEER OF FREDERICK COUNTY. 4 |
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| 56 | 56 | | (C) (1) AS PART OF THE APPLIC ATION FOR A CRIMINAL HISTORY 5 |
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| 57 | 57 | | RECORDS CHECK , THE DIRECTOR OF HUMAN RESOURCES OF FREDERICK COUNTY 6 |
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| 58 | 58 | | SHALL SUBMIT TO THE CENTRAL REPOSITORY: 7 |
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| 60 | 60 | | (I) TWO COMPLETE SETS OF THE PROSPECTIVE OR C URRENT 8 |
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| 61 | 61 | | EMPLOYEE’S OR VOL UNTEER’S LEGIBLE FINGERPRIN TS TAKEN ON FORMS 9 |
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| 62 | 62 | | APPROVED BY THE DIRECTOR OF THE CENTRAL REPOSITORY AND THE DIRECTOR 10 |
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| 63 | 63 | | OF THE FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION ; 11 |
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| 65 | 65 | | (II) THE FEE AUTHORIZED U NDER § 10–221(B)(7) OF THIS 12 |
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| 66 | 66 | | SUBTITLE FOR ACCESS TO MARYLAND CRIMINAL HIS TORY RECORDS; AND 13 |
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| 68 | 68 | | (III) THE MANDATORY PROCES SING FEE REQUIRED BY THE 14 |
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| 69 | 69 | | FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION FOR A N ATIONAL CRIMINAL HIS TORY 15 |
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| 70 | 70 | | RECORDS CHECK . 16 |
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| 72 | 72 | | (2) IN ACCORDANCE WITH §§ 10–201 THROUGH 10–250 OF THIS 17 |
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| 73 | 73 | | SUBTITLE, THE CENTRAL REPOSITORY SHALL FORW ARD TO THE PROSPECTIVE O R 18 |
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| 74 | 74 | | CURRENT EMPLOYEE OR VOLUNTEER AND THE DIRECTOR OF HUMAN RESOURCES 19 |
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| 75 | 75 | | OF FREDERICK COUNTY THE PROSPECTIV E OR CURRENT EMPLOYE E’S OR 20 |
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| 76 | 76 | | VOLUNTEER ’S CRIMINAL HISTORY R ECORD INFORMATION . 21 |
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| 78 | 78 | | (3) INFORMATION OBTAINED FROM THE CENTRAL REPOSITORY 22 |
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| 79 | 79 | | UNDER THIS SECTION : 23 |
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| 81 | 81 | | (I) IS CONFIDENTIAL AND MAY NOT BE REDISSEMI NATED; AND 24 |
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| 83 | 83 | | (II) MAY BE USED ONLY FOR A PERSONNEL –RELATED PURPOSE 25 |
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| 84 | 84 | | CONCERNING THE PROSP ECTIVE OR CURRENT EM PLOYEE OR VOLUNTEER OF THE 26 |
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| 85 | 85 | | COUNTY AS AUTHORIZED BY THIS SECTION. 27 |
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| 87 | 87 | | (4) THE SUBJECT OF A CRIMINA L HISTORY RECORDS CH ECK UNDER 28 |
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| 88 | 88 | | THIS SECTION MAY CON TEST THE CONTENTS OF THE PRINTED STATEMEN T ISSUED 29 |
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| 89 | 89 | | BY THE CENTRAL REPOSITORY AS PROVIDE D IN § 10–223 OF THIS SUBTITLE. 30 |
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| 91 | 91 | | (D) THE GOVERNING BODY OF FREDERICK COUNTY SHALL ADOPT 31 |
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| 92 | 92 | | GUIDELINES TO CARRY OUT THIS SE CTION. 32 SENATE BILL 995 3 |
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| 96 | 96 | | SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect 1 |
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| 97 | 97 | | October 1, 2025. 2 |
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