Alaska § 28.05.065 - Access to criminal justice information.

§ 28.05.065. Access to criminal justice information.

 (a) For purposes of carrying out the provisions of AS 28.05 , AS 28.15 , AS 28.33 , and AS 28.35 , an employee of the department assigned to perform functions under those chapters may access criminal justice information about an adult or minor charged with or convicted of an offense.

 (b) For purposes of obtaining access to criminal justice information maintained by the Department of Public Safety under AS 12.62 , the unit assigned motor vehicle functions in the Department of Administration is a criminal justice agency conducting a criminal justice activity.

 (c) In this section,        (1) “criminal justice activity” has the meaning given in AS 12.62.900 ;

 (2) “criminal justice agency” has the meaning given in AS 12.62.900 .

 (a) If the department conveys, distributes, or communicates data to be used in a database, index, pointer system, or any other system managed by an entity other than the department, including the American Association of Motor Vehicle Administrators, to comply with the requirements of P.L. 109-13, Division B (REAL ID Act of 2005), the department may not convey, distribute, or communicate to that entity any data not required to be conveyed, distributed, or communicated for the state to be certified by the United States Department of Homeland Security to be in compliance with the requirements of P.L. 109-13, Division B (REAL ID Act of 2005).   (b) Notwithstanding (a) of this section, the department may not convey, distribute, or communicate to a private entity any scanned or stored documents collected in order to carry out the provisions of AS 28.15 .   (c) The department shall take all steps available to obtain from the entity an agreement that the state need not convey, distribute, or communicate social security numbers, in whole or in part, to participate in the database, index, pointer system, or other system.   (d) The department shall take all steps available to work with other states, the United States Department of Homeland Security, and any multistate entities in which the state participates to secure a means of compliance with P.L. 109-13, Division B (REAL ID Act of 2005), including through an interstate compact, that does not involve the storage or sharing of social security numbers, in whole or in part, with an interstate database, index, pointer system, or other system.   (e) If the department has complied with (c) and (d) of this section and has been unable to secure a means of compliance with P.L. 109-13, Division B (REAL ID Act of 2005) that does not involve the storage or sharing of social security numbers, in whole or in part, the department shall take all steps necessary to minimize the number of digits of a social security number required to be stored or shared.   (f) The department may share only the least number of digits of a person's social security number necessary to comply with federal law that requires the department to determine whether a person has been issued a driver's license in another state.   (g) [Repealed, §? 18 ch. 8 SLA 2017].