H. B. 2508


(By Mr. Speaker, Mr. Kiss (By Request),

and Delegate Keener)


[Introduced February 23, 2001 ; referred to the

Committee on the Judiciary then Finance.]




A BILL to amend and reenact section six, article two-c, chapter fifteen of the code of West Virginia, one thousand nine hundred thirty-one, as amended, relating to applying funding generated from user fees to operation of the criminal records section as a whole; and to provide for the implementation of new commuter based technology.

Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:

That section six, article two-c, chapter fifteen of the code of West Virginia, one thousand nine hundred thirty-one, as amended, be amended and reenacted to read as follows:

ARTICLE 2C. CENTRAL ABUSE REGISTRY.
§15-2C-6. Fees.
The criminal identification bureau may charge, and any requester shall pay a user charge of ten dollars for each request for information made by a requester to the central abuse registry. In order to expedite requests by requesters, the criminal identification bureau may establish a procedure permitting service providers to deposit funds with the bureau in anticipation of requests. Fees pursuant to this section shall be paid into a special account in the state treasury to be expended for operation of the criminal records section and department-wide technological enhancements: registry purposes Provided, That for and after the fiscal year ending the thirtieth day of June, one thousand nine hundred ninety-eight, all expenditures shall be made in accordance with appropriation by the Legislature. Amounts collected which are found from time to time to exceed the funds needed for operation of the criminal records section and department-wide technological enhancements central abuse registry purposes may be transferred to other accounts or funds and redesignated for other purposes by appropriation of the Legislature.
NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to apply funding generated from user fees to operation of the criminal records section as a whole and to provide for the implementation of new commuter based technology.

Strike-throughs indicate language that would be stricken from the present law, and underscoring indicates new language that would be added.