House bill NO. 474

INTRODUCED BY D. Fern

By Request of the ****

A BILL FOR AN ACT ENTITLED: "AN ACT PROVIDING for disclosure of criminal record background information retained by the department of justice to the department of revenue; requiring fingerprinting for certain department of revenue employees; and PROVIDING AN IMMEDIATE EFFECTIVE DATE."

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MONTANA:

NEW SECTION. Section 1. Coordination with department of justice -- fingerprinting -- criminal history of department employees. (1) The department may contact and request information from the department of justice, which is designated as a criminal justice agency within the meaning of 44-5-103, for the purpose of obtaining criminal history record information regarding the department's employees for compliance with federal requirements for access to federal taxpayer information.

(2)        (a) The department shall require any employee with access to federal taxpayer information as a part of their employment to submit a full set of fingerprints for the purpose of fingerprint checks by the Montana department of justice and the federal bureau of investigation.

(b)        The employee shall sign a release of information to the department.

(c)        After completion of the criminal record background check, the department of justice shall forward all criminal history record information, as defined in 44-5-103, in any jurisdiction to the department as authorized in 44-5-303.

(d)        The department is responsible to the department of justice for the payment of all fees associated with the employee's criminal record background report.

NEW SECTION. Section 2. Codification instruction. [Section 1] is intended to be codified as an integral part of Title 15, chapter 1, part 1, and the provisions of Title 15, chapter 1, part 1, apply to [section 1].

NEW SECTION. Section 3. Effective date. [This act] is effective on passage and approval.