Section 10-244 – Compact Council
(a) (1) There is established a Council to be known as the “Compact Council”, which shall have the authority to promulgate rules and procedures governing the use of the III System for noncriminal justice purposes, not to conflict with FBI administration of the III System for criminal justice purposes. (2) The Council shall: (i) continue in existence as long […]
Section 10-245 – Effective Date; Ratification
(a) This Compact shall take effect upon being entered into by two or more states as between those states and the federal government. Upon subsequent entering into this Compact by additional states, it shall become effective among those states and the federal government and each party state that has previously ratified it. (b) When ratified, this Compact […]
Section 10-246 – Matters Not Affected by Compact
(a) Administration of this Compact shall not interfere with the management and control of the Director of the FBI over the FBI’s collection and dissemination of criminal history records and the advisory function of the FBI’s Advisory Policy Board (APB) chartered under the Federal Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C. App.) for all purposes other than noncriminal […]
Section 10-247 – Renunciation of Compact
(a) This Compact shall bind each party state until renounced by the party state. (b) Any renunciation of this Compact by a party state shall: (1) be effected in the same manner by which the party state ratified this Compact; and (2) become effective 180 days after written notice of renunciation is provided by the party state to each […]
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 10-243 – Criminal History Records — Procedure
(a) Subject fingerprints or other approved forms of positive identification shall be submitted with all requests for criminal history records checks for noncriminal justice purposes. (b) Each request for a criminal history records check utilizing the national indices made under any approved state statute shall be submitted through that state’s criminal history records repository. A state criminal […]
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 […]