This text of Alabama § 41-9-594 (Establishment of Rules and Policies; Privacy and Security Committee; Fees) is published on Counsel Stack Legal Research, covering Alabama primary law. Counsel Stack provides free access to over 12 million legal documents including statutes, case law, regulations, and constitutions.
(a)The commission shall establish its own rules and policies for the performance of the responsibilities charged to it in this article.
(b)The commission shall establish rules and policies that will restrict the information obtained under authority of this article to the items germane to the implementation of this article and restrict the use of information only to authorized persons and agencies.
(c)The chair of the commission shall appoint a Privacy and Security Committee from the membership of the commission who are elected officials, or their designees, consisting of a chair and three members, to study the privacy and security implications of sharing criminal justice information and to formulate policy recommendations for consideration by the commission concerning the collection, st
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(a) The commission shall establish its own rules and policies for the performance of the responsibilities charged to it in this article.
(b) The commission shall establish rules and policies that will restrict the information obtained under authority of this article to the items germane to the implementation of this article and restrict the use of information only to authorized persons and agencies.
(c) The chair of the commission shall appoint a Privacy and Security Committee from the membership of the commission who are elected officials, or their designees, consisting of a chair and three members, to study the privacy and security implications of sharing criminal justice information and to formulate policy recommendations for consideration by the commission concerning the collection, storage, dissemination, or usage of criminal justice information.
(d) The commission may adopt rules and policies regarding the collection, storage, and dissemination of criminal justice information that conform to the policies of the FBI CJIS. The commission may adopt rules and policies that permit ALEA to perform background checks for noncriminal justice purposes and may provide for the procedure for obtaining the records including, but not limited to, charging a fee not to exceed twenty-five dollars ($25) for securing records through ALEA. All fees shall be deposited into the State Treasury to the credit of the Public Safety Fund and shall be used to cover the expenses for improving criminal history records and the state repository at ALEA.
(e) Any rule or policy of the commission to the contrary notwithstanding, the police department of any college or university in this state which offers medical, nursing, and health care education, or which operates a hospital may request from ALEA a criminal background check on any person who applies for employment with the college or university, and ALEA may charge a background search fee of up to twenty-five dollars ($25) from each applicant for each search conducted on the applicant. All fee proceeds from the background check fee shall be deposited in the State Treasury to the credit of the Public Safety Fund and shall be used to cover expenses for improving criminal history records and the state repository at ALEA.
(f) The commission may establish a fee schedule for any services rendered by ALEA under the authority of this article. All fees shall be deposited into the State Treasury to the credit of the Public Safety Fund and shall be used to support, develop, maintain, and promote operations as authorized in this article.