Missouri § 43.530 - Fees, method of payment — criminal record system fund, established — fund not to lapse.

§ 43.530. Fees, method of payment — criminal record system fund, established — fund not to lapse.

1.  For each request requiring the payment of a fee received by the central repository, the requesting entity shall pay a fee of not more than nine dollars per request for criminal history record information not based on a fingerprint search.  In each year beginning on or after January 1, 2010, the superintendent may increase the fee paid by requesting entities by an amount not to exceed one dollar per year, however, under no circumstance shall the fee paid by requesting entities exceed twenty dollars per request.

2.  For each request requiring the payment of a fee received by the central repository, the requesting entity shall pay a fee of not more than twenty dollars per request for criminal history record information based on a fingerprint search, unless the request is required under the provisions of subdivision (6) of section 210.481, section 210.487, or section 571.101, in which case the fee shall be fourteen dollars.

3.  Upon establishment of a fingerprinting system within the central repository, the superintendent shall collect the current vendor fee for device usage by requestors under this section.  When initially established, the fee shall not exceed the vendor fee then in place for legacy livescan devices under state contract.  Thereafter the superintendent may increase the fee by no more than fifty cents per year.  The fee shall be deposited to the criminal record system fund.

4.  A request made under subsections 1 and 2 of this section shall be limited to check and search on one individual.  Each request shall be accompanied by a check, warrant, voucher, money order, or electronic payment payable to the state of Missouri-criminal record system or payment shall be made in a manner approved by the highway patrol.  The highway patrol may establish procedures for receiving requests for criminal history record information for classification and search for fingerprints, from courts and other entities, and for the payment of such requests.  There is hereby established by the treasurer of the state of Missouri a fund to be entitled as the "Criminal Record System Fund".  Notwithstanding the provisions of section 33.080 to the contrary, if the moneys collected and deposited into this fund are not totally expended annually for the purposes set forth in sections 43.500 to 43.600, the unexpended moneys in such fund shall remain in the fund and the balance shall be kept in the fund to accumulate from year to year.

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(L. 1986 H.B. 873 & 874 § 11, A.L. 1993 S.B. 180, A.L. 2003 H.B. 613 merged with S.B. 184, A.L. 2004 H.B. 1453, A.L. 2005 H.B. 487, A.L. 2007 H.B. 41 merged with S.B. 84, A.L. 2018 H.B. 1350, A.L. 2026 H.B. 2637 & 3155 merged with S.B. 982 merged with S.B. 1421)

Severability clause, see §§ 1.1005 and 1.1010

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