Minnesota Session Laws - 2007, Regular Session

CHAPTER 8--H.F.No. 1008

An act

relating to public safety; changing certain background check requirements;

amending Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 260C.209, subdivision 3.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

Section 1.

Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 260C.209, subdivision 3, is amended to read:

Subd. 3.

Multistate information.

(a) For any assessment completed under this section, if the responsible social services agency has reasonable cause to believe that the individual is a multistate offender, the individual must provide the responsible social services agency or the county attorney with a set of classifiable fingerprints obtained from an authorized law enforcement agency. The responsible social services agency or county attorney may obtain criminal history data from the National Criminal Records Repository by submitting the fingerprints to the Bureau of Criminal Apprehension.

(b) For purposes of this subdivision, the responsible social services agency has reasonable cause when, but not limited to:

(1) information from the Bureau of Criminal Apprehension indicates that the individual is a multistate offender;

(2) information from the Bureau of Criminal Apprehension indicates that multistate offender status is undetermined;

(3) the social services agency has received a report from the individual or a third party indicating that the individual has a criminal history in a jurisdiction other than Minnesota; or

(4) the individual is or has been a resident of a state other than Minnesota at any time during the prior ten years.

new text begin (c) In cases involving the emergency placement of children, the social services agency or county attorney may request a name-based check of the National Criminal Records Repository. In those cases, fingerprints of the individual being checked must be forwarded to the Bureau of Criminal Apprehension for submission to the Federal Bureau of Investigation within 15 calendar days of the name-based check. If the subject of the name-based check does not provide fingerprints upon request, the child or children must be removed from the home. new text end

Presented to the governor March 26, 2007

Signed by the governor March 27, 2007, 4:17 p.m.