December 6, 2007, Introduced by Rep. LeBlanc and referred to the Committee on Intergovernmental, Urban and Regional Affairs.
A bill to authorize local units of government to fingerprint
applicants or licensees in certain occupations for the purpose of
receiving criminal history record information from the department
of state police and the federal bureau of investigation; to
prescribe the powers and duties of certain state departments and
officers; and to provide for the collection of fees.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
Sec. 1. (1) Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the
contrary, a local unit of government may by ordinance require the
fingerprinting of applicants or licensees in certain occupations
for the purpose of obtaining criminal history record information on
those applicants or licensees. Fingerprints obtained pursuant to
this act may be submitted by the local unit of government to the
department of state police for a state criminal history record
check and, if necessary, to the federal bureau of investigation for
a national criminal history record check.
(2) The department of state police shall serve as the sole
source for receiving fingerprint submissions from local units of
government and for receiving the responses to those fingerprint
submissions from the federal bureau of investigation. The criminal
history record check information obtained by the department of
state police shall be disseminated to the local unit of government.
(3) The appropriate fees for a state and national criminal
history record check shall be transmitted by the local unit of
government to the department of state police.
(4) As used in this act, "local unit of government" means a
county, city, village, township, or charter township.