North Carolina § 143B-906 - Criminal statistics.

§ 143B-906. Criminal statistics.

It shall be the duty of the State Bureau of Investigation to receive and collect criminal information, to assist in locating, identifying, and keeping records of criminals in this State, and from other states, and to compare, classify, compile, publish, make available and disseminate any and all such information to the sheriffs, constables, police authorities, courts or any other officials of the State requiring such criminal identification, crime statistics and other information respecting crimes local and national, and to conduct surveys and studies for the purpose of determining so far as is possible the source of any criminal conspiracy, crime wave, movement or cooperative action on the part of the criminals, reporting such conditions, and to cooperate with all officials in detecting and preventing. History (1965, c. 1049, s. 1; 1973, c. 1286, s. 19; 1989, c. 772, s. 3; 1989 (Reg. Sess., 1990), c. 814, s. 9; 2000-119, s. 7; 2003-214, s. 1(1); 2014-100, s. 17.1(k), (zzz).) Editor's Note. - Session Laws 2001-424, s. 23.5 (a), provides: "The Department of Justice shall report by January 15 each year to the Joint Legislative Commission on Governmental Operations, the Chairs of the Senate and House Appropriations Committees, and the Chairs of the Senate and House Appropriations Subcommittees on Justice and Public Safety on the receipts, costs for, and number of criminal records checks performed in connection with applications for concealed weapons permits. The report by the Department of Justice shall also include information on the number of applications received and approved for firearms safety courses." Session Laws 2003-214, s. 1(1), effective June 19, 2003, redesignated G.S. 114-12 through 114-19 as Part 1 of Article 4 of Chapter 114 , under the heading "General Powers and Duties of the State Bureau of Investigation." This section was formerly G.S. 114-19. It was recodified as G.S. 143B-906 by Session Laws 2014-100, s. 17.1(k), effective July 1, 2014. Session Laws 2014-100, s. 1.1, provides: "This act shall be known as 'The Current Operations and Capital Improvements Appropriations Act of 2014.'" Session Laws 2014-100, s. 38.7, is a severability clause. Effect of Amendments. - Session Laws 2014-100, s. 17.1(zzz), effective July 1, 2014, substituted "collect criminal information" for "collect police information" in subsection (a).