Section 10-248 – Severability of Provisions
The provisions of this Compact shall be severable, and if any phrase, clause, sentence, or provision of this Compact is declared to be contrary to the constitution of any participating state, or to the Constitution of the United States, or the applicability thereof to any government, agency, person, or circumstance is held invalid, the validity […]
Section 10-249 – Adjudication of Disputes
(a) The Council shall: (1) have initial authority to make determinations with respect to any dispute regarding: (i) interpretation of this Compact; (ii) any rule or standard established by the Council pursuant to Section 10-244 of this subtitle; and (iii) any dispute or controversy between any parties to this Compact; and (2) hold a hearing concerning any dispute described in paragraph […]
Section 10-250 – Designation of Compact Officer
The Secretary of the Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services shall designate a Compact officer in accordance with Section 10-239 of this subtitle.
Section 10-236.2 – City of Frederick
(a) In this section, “Central Repository” means the Criminal Justice Information System Central Repository of the Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services. (b) The City of Frederick Police Department may request from the Central Repository State and national criminal history records checks for each taxi driver applicant in the City of Frederick. (c) (1) As part of the […]
Section 10-236.3 – Ocean City
(a) In this section, “Central Repository” means the Criminal Justice Information System Central Repository of the Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services. (b) The Ocean City Police Department may request from the Central Repository State and national criminal history records checks for each taxi driver applicant in Ocean City. (c) (1) As part of the application for a […]
Section 10-237 – Established
The National Crime Prevention and Privacy Compact is hereby entered into and enacted with any and all of the states and the federal government legally joining the Compact in the form substantially as follows.
Section 10-238 – Electronic Information Sharing System
(a) This Compact organizes an electronic information sharing system among the federal government and the states to exchange criminal history records for noncriminal justice purposes authorized by federal or state law, such as background checks for governmental licensing and employment. (b) Under this Compact, the FBI and the party states agree to maintain detailed databases of their […]
Section 10-239 – Definitions
(a) In this part the following words have the meanings indicated. (b) “Attorney General” means the Attorney General of the United States. (c) “Compact officer” means: (1) with respect to the federal government, an official so designated by the Director of the FBI; and (2) with respect to a party state, the chief administrator of the state’s criminal history records […]
Section 10-231.2 – Caroline County
(a) In this section, “Central Repository” means the Criminal Justice Information System Central Repository of the Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services. (b) The Director of Human Resources of Caroline County may request from the Central Repository a State and national criminal history records check for a prospective employee or volunteer of Caroline County. (c) (1) As part […]
Section 10-240 – Purposes of the Compact
The purposes of this Compact are to: (1) provide a legal framework for the establishment of a cooperative federal-state system for the interstate and federal-state exchange of criminal history records for noncriminal justice uses; (2) require the FBI to permit use of the National Identification Index and the National Fingerprint File by each party state, and to […]