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      HOUSE BILL 10-1011
      
      
      BY REPRESENTATIVE(S) Kerr J., McNulty, Miklosi, Primavera, Apuan,
      Gerou, Labuda, Lambert, Nikkel, Schafer S., Stephens, Summers, Todd,
      Tyler, Waller;
      also SENATOR(S) Schultheis, Carroll M., Mitchell, Tochtrop.
      
      
      Concerning authorization for the department of revenue to
           obtain fingerprint-based criminal history record checks for
           employment purposes.
       
      
      Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Colorado:
      
           SECTION 1.  Part 2 of article 1 of title 42, Colorado Revised
      Statutes, is amended BY THE ADDITION OF A NEW SECTION to read:
      
           42-1-224.  Criminal history check.  The department may submit
      fingerprints of an employee or prospective employee to the
      Colorado bureau of investigation to obtain a fingerprint-based
      criminal history record check if the employee's duties do or will
      provide them with access to Colorado driver's licenses and
      identification cards issued pursuant to article 2 of this title or
      personal identifying information collected or stored by the
      department in order to issue driver's licenses or identification
      cards.  The department of revenue shall require all such
      employees hired on or after the effective date of this section to
      obtain a fingerprint-based criminal history record check prior to
      performing their official duties, and shall require all such
      employees hired before the effective date of this section to obtain
      a fingerprint-based criminal history record check by July 1, 2011. 
      The department may use this information to make employment
      decisions concerning such employees.  Upon receipt of fingerprints
      and payment for the costs, the Colorado bureau of investigation
      shall conduct a state and national fingerprint-based criminal
      history record check utilizing records of the Colorado bureau of
      investigation and the federal bureau of investigation.  The
      department shall be the authorized agency to receive information
      regarding the result of the national criminal history record
      check.  The Colorado bureau of investigation shall charge the
      department a fee for record checks conducted pursuant to this
      section.  The Colorado bureau of investigation shall set such fee
      at a level sufficient to cover the direct and indirect costs of
      processing requests made pursuant to this section.  Moneys
      collected by the bureau pursuant to this section shall be subject
      to annual appropriation by the general assembly for the
      administration of this section.
      
           SECTION 2.  Safety clause.  The general assembly hereby finds,
      determines, and declares that this act is necessary for the immediate
      preservation of the public peace, health, and safety.
      
      
      
      
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      Terrance D. Carroll                Brandon C. Shaffer
      SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE                     PRESIDENT OF
      OF REPRESENTATIVES                         THE SENATE
      
      
      
      
      
      
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      Marilyn Eddins                          Karen Goldman
      CHIEF CLERK OF THE HOUSE                 SECRETARY OF
      OF REPRESENTATIVES                         THE SENATE
      
      
      
      
                  APPROVED________________________________________
      
      
      
      
      
                                    _________________________________________
                                    Bill Ritter, Jr.
                                    GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF COLORADO