1E Relating to public safety

ARTICLE 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS

Requiring the court to determine the criminal history of persons requesting a name change, authorizing the court to search national records through the federal bureau of investigation (FBI) by submitting fingerprints and the appropriate fee to the bureau of criminal apprehension; release of predatory offender registration data from the juvenile history record system maintained by the BCA in conjunction with background checks not to constitute releasing information in a manner revealing the existence of a juvenile adjudication history regardless of the age of the offender at the time of the offense; requiring by sheriffs, peace officers and community corrections agencies operating secure juvenile detention facilities fingerprinting of certain persons in suspense status involved in the criminal justice process, requiring the superintendent of the BCA to inform prosecuting authorities of subjects of court disposition records in suspense requiring fingerprinting for fingerprinting purposes; authorizing the BCA to add certain identifying information of individual subjects of background checks to the criminal history of the individual under certain conditions; expanding the duty of corrections officials to furnish information to the BCA to requests for fingerprints as necessary to maintain and ensure the accuracy of BCA criminal history files and to reduce the number of suspense files unable to be linked to arrest records; restricting access to data from the distinctive physical mark identification system to criminal justice agencies; prohibiting use of the terms public safety or state patrol in advertising for private detective or protective agent services; clarifying a certain provision providing for the aggregation of dollar amounts and the venue for prosecution under the crime of lawful gambling fraud; modifying the definition of crime victim for services eligibility purposes

ARTICLE 2 - FIRE MARSHAL PROVISIONS

Clarifying the requirement for removal or demolition of unsafe buildings on tax-forfeited land before sale; changing the name of the uniform fire code to the state fire code and clarifying a certain fee requirement under the code; modifying and clarifying certain investigatory and testimonial powers of the state fire marshal and certain provisions regulating flammable liquids, explosives and fireworks; modifying certain specifications for smoke detectors; specifying certain term change instructions to the revisor of statutes; repealing certain obsolete or replaced provisions under the state fire code and certain provisions regulating the use of waste oil burners and fire alarm systems in educational facilities, providing for the repair or demolition of unsafe buildings and specifying standards for fire extinguishers in residential buildings
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