SECOND REGULAR SESSION
93RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
INTRODUCED BY REPRESENTATIVES LIPKE (Sponsor), BROWN (30), DUSENBERG, MEADOWS, ROORDA, PARSON, WOOD, YOUNG, DARROUGH, CORCORAN, BIVINS AND CUNNINGHAM (86) (Co-sponsors).
Read 1st time January 10, 2006 and copies ordered printed.
STEPHEN S. DAVIS, Chief Clerk
AN ACT
To amend chapter 43, RSMo, by adding thereto one new section relating to criminal background checks of gubernatorial appointees subject to senate confirmation.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the state of Missouri, as follows:
Section A. Chapter 43, RSMo, is amended by adding thereto one new section, to be known as section 43.547, to read as follows:
43.547. 1. The Missouri state highway patrol, at the discretion of the governor, shall conduct background investigations of gubernatorial appointees who are subject to senate confirmation.
2. In order to facilitate the background investigation and under section 43.543, the appointee shall submit a set of fingerprints collected under the standards determined by the patrol. The fingerprints along with the accompanied fees, unless alternately arranged, shall be forwarded to the patrol to be used to search the state criminal history repository and the fingerprints shall be forwarded to the Federal Bureau of Investigation for a national criminal background check. The background investigation may include criminal history record information and other source information obtained by the patrol. Information received by the patrol under this subsection shall be confidential and shall not be disclosed except to the governor or members of the governor's staff as necessary to determine the appointee's qualifications.
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