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Criminal history investigation; name change
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REFERENCE TITLE: criminal history investigation; name change
State of Arizona
Senate
Fifty-third Legislature
First Regular Session
2017
SB 1199
Introduced by
Senator
Kavanagh
AN
ACT
amending sections 12‑601 and 41‑1750,
Arizona Revised Statutes; relating to the courts.
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Be it
enacted by the Legislature of the State of Arizona:
Section 1. Section 12-601, Arizona Revised Statutes,
is amended to read:
START_STATUTE12-601. Application;
venue; judgment; criminal background investigation; fee; sealing of record
A. A
person who desires to change the person's name and to adopt another name may
file an application in the superior court in the county of the person's
residence, setting forth reasons for the change of name and the name the person
wishes to adopt. The court may enter judgment that the adopted name
of the party be substituted for the original name. The court shall consider
the criteria under subsection C D of this section in determining
whether to enter judgment that the adopted name of the party be substituted for
the original name.
B. The
parent, guardian ad litem or next friend of a minor may file an application for
change of the name of the minor in the county of the minor's
residence. The court shall consider the best interests of the minor
and the criteria that apply to the minor under subsection C D of this section in determining
whether to enter judgment that the name of the minor be changed.
C. Before
the court considers the application to change the person's name, the court
shall require the applicant to furnish a full set of fingerprints to the court
to enable a criminal history records check to be conducted. The court shall
submit the completed fingerprint card with the fee prescribed in section
41-1750 to the department of public safety. The applicant shall bear the cost
of obtaining the criminal history record information. The cost may
not exceed the actual cost of obtaining the applicant's criminal history record
information. The department of public safety shall conduct criminal
history records checks pursuant to section 41-1750 and applicable federal
law. The department of public safety is authorized to submit
fingerprint card information to the federal bureau of investigation for a
national criminal history records check. This subsection does not
apply to an application that is filed on behalf of a minor or if the name
change is requested in a divorce proceeding.
C. D. A person who files an
application for change of name shall indicate under penalty of perjury:
1. If
the person has been convicted of a felony.
2. If
felony charges are pending in any jurisdiction against the person for any
offense under title 13, chapter 18, 20, 21, 22, 23 or 27 or any other offense
involving false statements or misrepresentations about the person's identity.
3. If
the person is knowingly changing the person's name to that of another
individual for the purpose of committing or furthering the commission of any
offense under title 13, chapter 18, 20, 21, 22, 23 or 27 or any other offense
involving false statements.
4. The
person is making the application solely for the best interest of the person.
5. The
person acknowledges that the change of name will not release the person from
any obligations incurred or harm any rights of property or actions in the
original name.
D. E. Notwithstanding any
law to the contrary, a victim as defined in section 13-4401 or a prosecutor has
standing to contest any legal name change at any time before the entry of
judgment or up to one year after entry of judgment.
E. F. On entering a conviction for
an offense under title 13, chapter 18, 20, 21, 22, 23 or 27 or any other
offense involving false statements or misrepresentations about the person's
identity, the superior court may enter an order setting aside a change of name
judgment or deny any pending application.
F. G. On request of a person who
files an application for a change of name, the court may seal the change of
name application and judgment. The information in the application and judgment
shall not be disclosed and is not a public record. A person who obtained a
judgment on or after January 1, 2009 may request that the court seal the
application and judgment pursuant to this subsection. For the
purposes of this subsection, "person" means a person who is protected
under an order of protection or injunction against harassment or a person who
is the victim of an offense involving stalking as prescribed in section 13-2923
or an offense committed in another jurisdiction that if committed in this state
would be a violation or attempted violation of section 13‑2923. END_STATUTE
Sec. 2. Section 41-1750, Arizona Revised
Statutes, is amended to read:
START_STATUTE41-1750. Central
state repository; department of public safety; duties; funds; accounts;
definitions
A. The
department is responsible for the effective operation of the central state
repository in order to collect, store and disseminate complete and accurate Arizona
criminal history records and related criminal justice information. The
department shall:
1. Procure
from all criminal justice agencies in this state accurate and complete personal
identification data, fingerprints, charges, process control numbers and
dispositions and such other information as may be pertinent to all persons who
have been charged with, arrested for, convicted of or summoned to court as a
criminal defendant for a felony offense or an offense involving domestic
violence as defined in section 13‑3601 or a violation of title 13,
chapter 14 or title 28, chapter 4.
2. Collect
information concerning the number and nature of offenses known to have been
committed in this state and of the legal steps taken in connection with these
offenses, such other information that is useful in the study of crime and in
the administration of criminal justice and all other information deemed
necessary to operate the statewide uniform crime reporting program and to
cooperate with the federal government uniform crime reporting program.
3. Collect
information concerning criminal offenses that manifest evidence of prejudice
based on race, color, religion, national origin, sexual orientation, gender or
disability.
4. Cooperate
with the central state repositories in other states and with the appropriate
agency of the federal government in the exchange of information pertinent to
violators of the law.
5. Ensure
the rapid exchange of information concerning the commission of crime and the
detection of violators of the law among the criminal justice agencies of other
states and of the federal government.
6. Furnish
assistance to peace officers throughout this state in crime scene investigation
for the detection of latent fingerprints and in the comparison of latent fingerprints.
7. Conduct
periodic operational audits of the central state repository and of a
representative sample of other agencies that contribute records to or receive
criminal justice information from the central state repository or through the
Arizona criminal justice information system.
8. Establish
and enforce the necessary physical and system safeguards to ensure that the
criminal justice information maintained and disseminated by the central state
repository or through the Arizona criminal justice information system is
appropriately protected from unauthorized inquiry, modification, destruction or
dissemination as required by this section.
9. Aid
and encourage coordination and cooperation among criminal justice agencies
through the statewide and interstate exchange of criminal justice information.
10. Provide
training and proficiency testing on the use of criminal justice information to
agencies receiving information from the central state repository or through the
Arizona criminal justice information system.
11. Operate
and maintain the Arizona automated fingerprint identification system
established by section 41‑2411.
12. Provide
criminal history record information to the fingerprinting division for the
purpose of screening applicants for fingerprint clearance cards.
B. The
director may establish guidelines for the submission and retention of criminal
justice information as deemed useful for the study or prevention of crime and
for the administration of criminal justice.
C. The
chief officers of criminal justice agencies of this state or its political
subdivisions shall provide to the central state repository fingerprints and
information concerning personal identification data, descriptions, crimes for
which persons are arrested, process control numbers and dispositions and such
other information as may be pertinent to all persons who have been charged
with, arrested for, convicted of or summoned to court as criminal defendants
for felony offenses or offenses involving domestic violence as defined in
section 13‑3601 or violations of title 13, chapter 14 or title 28,
chapter 4 that have occurred in this state.
D. The
chief officers of law enforcement agencies of this state or its political
subdivisions shall provide to the department such information as necessary to
operate the statewide uniform crime reporting program and to cooperate with the
federal government uniform crime reporting program.
E. The
chief officers of criminal justice agencies of this state or its political
subdivisions shall comply with the training and proficiency testing guidelines
as required by the department to comply with the federal national crime
information center mandates.
F. The
chief officers of criminal justice agencies of this state or its political
subdivisions also shall provide to the department information concerning crimes
that manifest evidence of prejudice based on race, color, religion, national
origin, sexual orientation, gender or disability.
G. The
director shall authorize the exchange of criminal justice information between
the central state repository, or through the Arizona criminal justice
information system, whether directly or through any intermediary, only as
follows:
1. With
criminal justice agencies of the federal government, Indian tribes, this state
or its political subdivisions and other states, on request by the chief
officers of such agencies or their designated representatives, specifically for
the purposes of the administration of criminal justice and for evaluating the
fitness of current and prospective criminal justice employees.
2. With
any noncriminal justice agency pursuant to a statute, ordinance or executive
order that specifically authorizes the noncriminal justice agency to receive
criminal history record information for the purpose of evaluating the fitness
of current or prospective licensees, employees, contract employees or
volunteers, on submission of the subject's fingerprints and the prescribed
fee. Each statute, ordinance, or executive order that authorizes noncriminal
justice agencies to receive criminal history record information for these
purposes shall identify the specific categories of licensees, employees,
contract employees or volunteers, and shall require that fingerprints of the
specified individuals be submitted in conjunction with such requests for
criminal history record information.
3. With
the board of fingerprinting for the purpose of conducting good cause exceptions
pursuant to section 41‑619.55 and central registry exceptions pursuant to
section 41‑619.57.
4. With
any individual for any lawful purpose on submission of the subject of record's
fingerprints and the prescribed fee.
5. With
the governor, if the governor elects to become actively involved in the
investigation of criminal activity or the administration of criminal justice in
accordance with the governor's constitutional duty to ensure that the laws are
faithfully executed or as needed to carry out the other responsibilities of the
governor's office.
6. With
regional computer centers that maintain authorized computer‑to‑computer
interfaces with the department, that are criminal justice agencies or under the
management control of a criminal justice agency and that are established by a
statute, ordinance or executive order to provide automated data processing
services to criminal justice agencies specifically for the purposes of the
administration of criminal justice or evaluating the fitness of regional
computer center employees who have access to the Arizona criminal justice
information system and the national crime information center system.
7. With
an individual who asserts a belief that criminal history record information
relating to the individual is maintained by an agency or in an information
system in this state that is subject to this section. On submission of
fingerprints, the individual may review this information for the purpose of
determining its accuracy and completeness by making application to the agency
operating the system. Rules adopted under this section shall include provisions
for administrative review and necessary correction of any inaccurate or
incomplete information. The review and challenge process authorized
by this paragraph is limited to criminal history record information.
8. With
individuals and agencies pursuant to a specific agreement with a criminal
justice agency to provide services required for the administration of criminal
justice pursuant to that agreement if the agreement specifically authorizes
access to data, limits the use of data to purposes for which given and ensures
the security and confidentiality of the data consistent with this section.
9. With
individuals and agencies for the express purpose of research, evaluative or
statistical activities pursuant to an agreement with a criminal justice agency
if the agreement specifically authorizes access to data, limits the use of data
to research, evaluative or statistical purposes and ensures the confidentiality
and security of the data consistent with this section.
10. With
the auditor general for audit purposes.
11. With
central state repositories of other states for noncriminal justice purposes for
dissemination in accordance with the laws of those states.
12. On
submission of the fingerprint card, with the department of child safety and a
tribal social services agency to provide criminal history record information on
prospective adoptive parents for the purpose of conducting the preadoption
certification investigation under title 8, chapter 1, article 1 if the
department of economic security is conducting the investigation, or with an
agency or a person appointed by the court, if the agency or person is
conducting the investigation. Information received under this
paragraph shall only be used for the purposes of the preadoption certification
investigation.
13. With
the department of child safety, a tribal social services agency and the
superior court for the purpose of evaluating the fitness of custodians or
prospective custodians of juveniles, including parents, relatives and
prospective guardians. Information received under this paragraph
shall only be used for the purposes of that evaluation. The
information shall be provided on submission of either:
(a) The
fingerprint card.
(b) The
name, date of birth and social security number of the person.
14. On
submission of a fingerprint card, provide criminal history record information
to the superior court for the purpose of:
(a) Evaluating the fitness
of investigators appointed under section 14‑5303 or 14‑5407,
guardians appointed under section 14‑5206 or 14‑5304 or
conservators appointed under section 14‑5401.
(b) Making a
determination on an application for a name change pursuant to section 12‑601.
15. With
the supreme court to provide criminal history record information on prospective
fiduciaries pursuant to section 14‑5651.
16. With
the department of juvenile corrections to provide criminal history record
information pursuant to section 41‑2814.
17. On
submission of the fingerprint card, provide criminal history record information
to the Arizona peace officer standards and training board or a board certified
law enforcement academy to evaluate the fitness of prospective cadets.
18. With
the internet sex offender website database established pursuant to section 13‑3827.
19. With
licensees of the United States nuclear regulatory commission for the purpose of
determining whether an individual should be granted unescorted access to the
protected area of a commercial nuclear generating station on submission of the
subject of record's fingerprints and the prescribed fee.
20. With
the department of education for the purpose of evaluating the fitness of a
certificated teacher or administrator or an applicant for a teaching or an
administrative certificate provided that the department of education or its
employees or agents have reasonable suspicion that the certificated person
engaged in conduct that would be a criminal violation of the laws of this state
or was involved in immoral or unprofessional conduct or that the applicant
engaged in conduct that would warrant disciplinary action if the applicant were
certificated at the time of the alleged conduct. The information
shall be provided on the submission of either:
(a) The
fingerprint card.
(b) The
name, date of birth and social security number of the person.
21. With
each school district and charter school in this state. The state board of
education and the state board for charter schools shall provide the department
of public safety with a current list of e‑mail addresses for each school
district and charter school in this state and shall periodically provide the
department of public safety with updated e‑mail addresses. If
the department of public safety is notified that a person who is required to
have a fingerprint clearance card to be employed by or to engage in volunteer
activities at a school district or charter school has been arrested for or
convicted of an offense listed in section 41‑1758.03, subsection B or has
been arrested for or convicted of an offense that amounts to unprofessional
conduct under section 15‑550, the department of public safety shall
notify each school district and charter school in this state that the person's
fingerprint clearance card has been suspended or revoked.
22. With
a tribal social services agency and the department of child safety as provided
by law, which currently is the Adam Walsh child protection and safety act of
2006 (42 United States Code section 16961), for the purposes of investigating
or responding to reports of child abuse, neglect or exploitation. Information
received pursuant to this paragraph from the national crime information center,
the interstate identification index and the Arizona criminal justice
information system network shall only be used for the purposes of investigating
or responding as prescribed in this paragraph. The information shall
be provided on submission to the department of public safety of either:
(a) The
fingerprints of the person being investigated.
(b) The
name, date of birth and social security number of the person.
23. With
a nonprofit organization that interacts with children or vulnerable adults for
the lawful purpose of evaluating the fitness of all current and prospective
employees, contractors and volunteers of the organization. The criminal history
record information shall be provided on submission of the applicant fingerprint
card and the prescribed fee.
24. With
the superior court for the purpose of determining an individual's eligibility
for substance abuse and treatment courts in a family or juvenile case.
H. The
director shall adopt rules necessary to execute this section.
I. The
director, in the manner prescribed by law, shall remove and destroy records
that the director determines are no longer of value in the detection or
prevention of crime.
J. The
director shall establish a fee in an amount necessary to cover the cost of
federal noncriminal justice fingerprint processing for criminal history record
information checks that are authorized by law for noncriminal justice
employment, licensing or other lawful purposes. An additional fee may be
charged by the department for state noncriminal justice fingerprint
processing. Fees submitted to the department for state noncriminal
justice fingerprint processing are not refundable.
K. The
director shall establish a fee in an amount necessary to cover the cost of
processing copies of department reports, eight by ten inch black and white
photographs or eight by ten inch color photographs of traffic accident scenes.
L. Except
as provided in subsection O of this section, each agency authorized by this
section may charge a fee, in addition to any other fees prescribed by law, in
an amount necessary to cover the cost of state and federal noncriminal justice
fingerprint processing for criminal history record information checks that are
authorized by law for noncriminal justice employment, licensing or other lawful
purposes.
M. A
fingerprint account within the records processing fund is established for the
purpose of separately accounting for the collection and payment of fees for
noncriminal justice fingerprint processing by the department. Monies
collected for this purpose shall be credited to the account, and payments by
the department to the United States for federal noncriminal justice fingerprint
processing shall be charged against the account. Monies in the account not
required for payment to the United States shall be used by the department in
support of the department's noncriminal justice fingerprint processing
duties. At the end of each fiscal year, any balance in the account
not required for payment to the United States or to support the department's
noncriminal justice fingerprint processing duties reverts to the state general
fund.
N. A
records processing fund is established for the purpose of separately accounting
for the collection and payment of fees for department reports and photographs
of traffic accident scenes processed by the department. Monies collected for
this purpose shall be credited to the fund and shall be used by the department
in support of functions related to providing copies of department reports and
photographs. At the end of each fiscal year, any balance in the fund not
required for support of the functions related to providing copies of department
reports and photographs reverts to the state general fund.
O. The
department of child safety may pay from appropriated monies the cost of federal
fingerprint processing or federal criminal history record information checks
that are authorized by law for employees and volunteers of the department,
guardians pursuant to section 8‑453, subsection A, paragraph 6, the
licensing of foster parents or the certification of adoptive parents.
P. The
director shall adopt rules that provide for:
1. The
collection and disposition of fees pursuant to this section.
2. The
refusal of service to those agencies that are delinquent in paying these fees.
Q. The
director shall ensure that the following limitations are observed regarding
dissemination of criminal justice information obtained from the central state
repository or through the Arizona criminal justice information system:
1. Any
criminal justice agency that obtains criminal justice information from the
central state repository or through the Arizona criminal justice information
system assumes responsibility for the security of the information and shall not
secondarily disseminate this information to any individual or agency not
authorized to receive this information directly from the central state
repository or originating agency.
2. Dissemination
to an authorized agency or individual may be accomplished by a criminal justice
agency only if the dissemination is for criminal justice purposes in connection
with the prescribed duties of the agency and not in violation of this section.
3. Criminal
history record information disseminated to noncriminal justice agencies or to
individuals shall be used only for the purposes for which it was
given. Secondary dissemination is prohibited unless otherwise
authorized by law.
4. The
existence or nonexistence of criminal history record information shall not be
confirmed to any individual or agency not authorized to receive the information
itself.
5. Criminal
history record information to be released for noncriminal justice purposes to
agencies of other states shall only be released to the central state
repositories of those states for dissemination in accordance with the laws of
those states.
6. Criminal
history record information shall be released to noncriminal justice agencies of
the federal government pursuant to the terms of the federal security clearance
information act (P.L. 99‑169).
R. This
section and the rules adopted under this section apply to all agencies and
individuals collecting, storing or disseminating criminal justice information processed
by manual or automated operations if the collection, storage or dissemination
is funded in whole or in part with monies made available by the law enforcement
assistance administration after July 1, 1973, pursuant to title I of the crime
control act of 1973, and to all agencies that interact with or receive criminal
justice information from or through the central state repository and through
the Arizona criminal justice information system.
S. This
section does not apply to criminal history record information contained in:
1. Posters,
arrest warrants, announcements or lists for identifying or apprehending
fugitives or wanted persons.
2. Original
records of entry such as police blotters maintained by criminal justice
agencies, compiled chronologically and required by law or long‑standing
custom to be made public if these records are organized on a chronological
basis.
3. Transcripts
or records of judicial proceedings if released by a court or legislative or
administrative proceedings.
4. Announcements
of executive clemency or pardon.
5. Computer
databases, other than the Arizona criminal justice information system, that are
specifically designed for community notification of an offender's presence in
the community pursuant to section 13‑3825 or for public informational
purposes authorized by section 13‑3827.
T. Nothing
in this section prevents a criminal justice agency from disclosing to the
public criminal history record information that is reasonably contemporaneous
to the event for which an individual is currently within the criminal justice
system, including information noted on traffic accident reports concerning
citations, blood alcohol tests or arrests made in connection with the traffic
accident being investigated.
U. In
order to ensure that complete and accurate criminal history record information
is maintained and disseminated by the central state repository:
1. The
booking agency shall take legible ten‑print fingerprints of all persons
who are arrested for offenses listed in subsection C of this
section. The booking agency shall obtain a process control number
and provide to the person fingerprinted a document that indicates proof of the
fingerprinting and that informs the person that the document must be presented
to the court.
2. Except
as provided in paragraph 3 of this subsection, if a person is summoned to court
as a result of an indictment or complaint for an offense listed in subsection C
of this section, the court shall order the person to appear before the county sheriff
and provide legible ten-print fingerprints. The county sheriff shall
obtain a process control number and provide a document to the person
fingerprinted that indicates proof of the fingerprinting and that informs the
person that the document must be presented to the court. For the purpose purposes of this subsection paragraph "summoned" includes a
written promise to appear by the defendant on a uniform traffic ticket and
complaint.
3. If
a person is arrested for a misdemeanor offense listed in subsection C of this
section by a city or town law enforcement agency, the person shall appear
before the law enforcement agency that arrested the defendant and provide
legible ten-print fingerprints. The law enforcement agency shall obtain a
process control number and provide a document to the person fingerprinted that
indicates proof of the fingerprinting and that informs the person that the
document must be presented to the court.
4. The
mandatory fingerprint compliance form shall contain the following information:
(a) Whether
ten-print fingerprints have been obtained from the person.
(b) Whether
a process control number was obtained.
(c) The
offense or offenses for which the process control number was obtained.
(d) Any
report number of the arresting authority.
(e) Instructions
on reporting for ten-print fingerprinting, including available times and
locations for reporting for ten‑print fingerprinting.
(f) Instructions
that direct the person to provide the form to the court at the person's next
court appearance.
5. Within
ten days after a person is fingerprinted, the arresting authority or agency
that took the fingerprints shall forward the fingerprints to the department in
the manner or form required by the department.
6. On
the issuance of a summons for a defendant who is charged with an offense listed
in subsection C of this section, the summons shall direct the defendant to
provide ten‑print fingerprints to the appropriate law enforcement agency.
7. At
the initial appearance or on the arraignment of a summoned defendant who is
charged with an offense listed in subsection C of this section, if the person
does not present a completed mandatory fingerprint compliance form to the court
or if the court has not received the process control number, the court shall
order that within twenty calendar days the defendant be ten-print fingerprinted
at a designated time and place by the appropriate law enforcement agency.
8. If
the defendant fails to present a completed mandatory fingerprint compliance
form or if the court has not received the process control number, the court, on
its own motion, may remand the defendant into custody for ten‑print
fingerprinting. If otherwise eligible for release, the defendant shall be
released from custody after being ten‑print fingerprinted.
9. In
every criminal case in which the defendant is incarcerated or fingerprinted as
a result of the charge, an originating law enforcement agency or prosecutor,
within forty days of the disposition, shall advise the central state repository
of all dispositions concerning the termination of criminal proceedings against
an individual arrested for an offense specified in subsection C of this
section. This information shall be submitted on a form or in a manner required
by the department.
10. Dispositions
resulting from formal proceedings in a court having jurisdiction in a criminal
action against an individual who is arrested for an offense specified in
subsection C of this section or section 8‑341, subsection V, paragraph 3
shall be reported to the central state repository within forty days of the date
of the disposition. This information shall be submitted on a form or
in a manner specified by rules approved by the supreme court.
11. The
state department of corrections or the department of juvenile corrections,
within forty days, shall advise the central state repository that it has
assumed supervision of a person convicted of an offense specified in subsection
C of this section or section 8‑341, subsection V, paragraph
3. The state department of corrections or the department of juvenile
corrections shall also report dispositions that occur thereafter to the central
state repository within forty days of the date of the
dispositions. This information shall be submitted on a form or in a
manner required by the department of public safety.
12. Each
criminal justice agency shall query the central state repository before
dissemination of any criminal history record information to ensure the
completeness of the information. Inquiries shall be made before any
dissemination except in those cases in which time is of the essence and the
repository is technically incapable of responding within the necessary time
period. If time is of the essence, the inquiry shall still be made
and the response shall be provided as soon as possible.
V. The
director shall adopt rules specifying that any agency that collects, stores or
disseminates criminal justice information that is subject to this section shall
establish effective security measures to protect the information from
unauthorized access, disclosure, modification or dissemination. The
rules shall include reasonable safeguards to protect the affected information
systems from fire, flood, wind, theft, sabotage or other natural or man‑made
hazards or disasters.
W. The
department shall make available to agencies that contribute to, or receive
criminal justice information from, the central state repository or through the
Arizona criminal justice information system a continuing training program in
the proper methods for collecting, storing and disseminating information in
compliance with this section.
X. Nothing
in this section creates a cause of action or a right to bring an action
including an action based on discrimination due to sexual orientation.
Y. For
the purposes of this section:
1. "Administration
of criminal justice" means performance of the detection, apprehension,
detention, pretrial release, posttrial release, prosecution, adjudication,
correctional supervision or rehabilitation of criminal offenders. Administration
of criminal justice includes enforcement of criminal traffic offenses and civil
traffic violations, including parking violations, when performed by a criminal
justice agency. Administration of criminal justice also includes criminal
identification activities and the collection, storage and dissemination of
criminal history record information.
2. "Administrative
records" means records that contain adequate and proper documentation of
the organization, functions, policies, decisions, procedures and essential
transactions of the agency and that are designed to furnish information to
protect the rights of this state and of persons directly affected by the
agency's activities.
3. "Arizona
criminal justice information system" or "system" means the
statewide information system managed by the director for the collection,
processing, preservation, dissemination and exchange of criminal justice
information and includes the electronic equipment, facilities, procedures and
agreements necessary to exchange this information.
4. "Booking
agency" means the county sheriff or, if a person is booked into a
municipal jail, the municipal law enforcement agency.
5. "Central
state repository" means the central location within the department for the
collection, storage and dissemination of Arizona criminal history records and
related criminal justice information.
6. "Criminal
history record information" and "criminal history record" means
information that is collected by criminal justice agencies on individuals and
that consists of identifiable descriptions and notations of arrests,
detentions, indictments and other formal criminal charges, and any disposition
arising from those actions, sentencing, formal correctional supervisory action
and release. Criminal history record information and criminal
history record do not include identification information to the extent that the
information does not indicate involvement of the individual in the criminal
justice system or information relating to juveniles unless they have been
adjudicated as adults.
7. "Criminal
justice agency" means either:
(a) A
court at any governmental level with criminal or equivalent jurisdiction,
including courts of any foreign sovereignty duly recognized by the federal
government.
(b) A
government agency or subunit of a government agency that is specifically
authorized to perform as its principal function the administration of criminal
justice pursuant to a statute, ordinance or executive order and that allocates
more than fifty percent of its annual budget to the administration of criminal
justice. This subdivision includes agencies of any foreign
sovereignty duly recognized by the federal government.
8. "Criminal
justice information" means information that is collected by criminal
justice agencies and that is needed for the performance of their legally
authorized and required functions, such as criminal history record information,
citation information, stolen property information, traffic accident reports,
wanted persons information and system network log searches. Criminal
justice information does not include the administrative records of a criminal
justice agency.
9. "Disposition"
means information disclosing that a decision has been made not to bring
criminal charges or that criminal proceedings have been concluded or
information relating to sentencing, correctional supervision, release from
correctional supervision, the outcome of an appellate review of criminal
proceedings or executive clemency.
10. "Dissemination"
means the written, oral or electronic communication or transfer of criminal
justice information to individuals and agencies other than the criminal justice
agency that maintains the information. Dissemination includes the act of
confirming the existence or nonexistence of criminal justice information.
11. "Management
control":
(a) Means
the authority to set and enforce:
(i) Priorities
regarding development and operation of criminal justice information systems and
programs.
(ii) Standards
for the selection, supervision and termination of personnel involved in the
development of criminal justice information systems and programs and in the
collection, maintenance, analysis and dissemination of criminal justice
information.
(iii) Policies
governing the operation of computers, circuits and telecommunications terminals
used to process criminal justice information to the extent that the equipment
is used to process, store or transmit criminal justice information.
(b) Includes
the supervision of equipment, systems design, programming and operating
procedures necessary for the development and implementation of automated
criminal justice information systems.
12. "Process
control number" means the Arizona automated fingerprint identification
system number that attaches to each arrest event at the time of fingerprinting
and that is assigned to the arrest fingerprint card, disposition form and other
pertinent documents.
13. "Secondary
dissemination" means the dissemination of criminal justice information
from an individual or agency that originally obtained the information from the
central state repository or through the Arizona criminal justice information
system to another individual or agency.
14. "Sexual
orientation" means consensual homosexuality or heterosexuality.
15. "Subject
of record" means the person who is the primary subject of a criminal
justice record. END_STATUTE