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AMENDMENTS TO SENATE BILL NO. 655
Sponsor: SENATOR BOSCOLA
Printer's No. 803
Amend Bill, page 28, by inserting between lines 29 and 30
Section 3. Execution and notice.
(a) General rule.--When the Governor executes the compact on
behalf of this Commonwealth and files a verified copy of the
compact with the Secretary of the Commonwealth and when the
compact is ratified by one or more other states, then the
compact shall become operative and effective between this
Commonwealth and the other state or states. The Governor is
authorized and directed to take such action as may be necessary
to complete the exchange of official documents between this
Commonwealth and any other state ratifying the compact.
(b) Notice in Pennsylvania Bulletin.--The Secretary of the
Commonwealth shall transmit notice to the Legislative Reference
Bureau for publication in the Pennsylvania Bulletin when the
conditions specified in subsection (a) are satisfied and shall
include in the notice the date on which the compact became
effective and operative between this Commonwealth and any other
state or states in accordance with this act.
Section 4. Compensation and expenses of compact administrator.
The compact administrator who represents this Commonwealth,
as provided in the compact, shall not be entitled to any
additional compensation for his duties and responsibilities as
compact administrator but shall be entitled to reimbursement for
reasonable expenses actually incurred in connection with his
duties and responsibilities as compact administrator in the same
manner as for expenses incurred in connection with other duties
and responsibilities of the compact administrator's office or
employment.
Section 5. National criminal history record checks.
All applicants for licensure under the compact in this
Commonwealth shall request and submit to the licensing board the
results of a national criminal history record check. The purpose
of the national criminal history record check shall be to assist
the licensing board in obtaining information that may relate to
the applicant's fitness for licensure. The following shall
apply:
(1) An applicant for licensure shall submit to
fingerprinting by the Pennsylvania State Police or an
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authorized agent of the Pennsylvania State Police. The
Pennsylvania State Police or authorized agent shall submit
the fingerprints to the Federal Bureau of Investigation for
the purposes of obtaining records of criminal arrests and
convictions.
(2) In addition to the application fee, the applicant
shall be responsible for any fees required by the
Pennsylvania State Police or authorized agent for the costs
of the fingerprinting and the costs of conducting a complete
criminal history record check.
(3) The applicant shall authorize the release of all
records obtained by the criminal history record check to the
licensing board.
(4) A criminal history record check submitted in support
of an application for licensure must have been requested by
the applicant no earlier than 12 months immediately prior to
the board's receipt of the applicant's application for
licensure.
(5) Information obtained from the criminal history
record check:
(i) Is confidential.
(ii) May not be re-disseminated.
(iii) May be used only for the licensing purpose
authorized under the compact.
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