H. B. 2992
(By Delegates Cann, Stalnaker, Renner,
Palumbo, Houston and Leach)
[Introduced February 13, 2003; 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 charged by the criminal
identification bureau to the operation of the criminal records
section rather than the central abuse registry.
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 and uniformed crime reporting sections:
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 central
abuse registry purposes
NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to
apply funding generated
from user fees charged by the criminal identification bureau to the
operation of the criminal records section rather than the central
abuse registry.
Strike-throughs indicate language that would be stricken from
the present law, and underscoring indicates new language that would
be added.