North Carolina § 143B-947 - Criminal record checks for the North Carolina State Lottery Commission and its Director.

§ 143B-947. Criminal record checks for the North Carolina State Lottery Commission and its Director.

The Department of Public Safety may provide to the North Carolina State Lottery Commission and to its Director from the State and National Repositories of Criminal Histories the criminal history of any prospective employee of the Commission and any potential contractor. The North Carolina State Lottery Commission or its Director shall provide to the Department of Public Safety, along with the request, the fingerprints of the prospective employee of the Commission, or of the potential contractor, a form signed by the prospective employee of the Commission, or of the potential contractor consenting to the criminal record check and use of fingerprints and other identifying information required by the State and National Repositories, and any additional information required by the Department of Public Safety. The fingerprints of the prospective employee of the Commission, or potential contractor, shall be forwarded to the State Bureau of Investigation for a search of the State's criminal history record file, and the State Bureau of Investigation shall forward a set of fingerprints to the Federal Bureau of Investigation for a national criminal history record check. The North Carolina State Lottery Commission and its Director shall remit any fingerprint information retained by the Commission to alcohol law enforcement agents appointed under Article 5 of Chapter 18B of the General Statutes and shall keep all information obtained pursuant to this section confidential. The Department of Public Safety shall charge a reasonable fee only for conducting the checks of the criminal history records authorized by this section. History (2005-344, s. 6; 2005-276, s. 31.1(w); 2006-259, s. 8(g); 2006-264, s. 91(c); 2009-570, s. 32(e); 2014-100, s. 17.1(m), (o).) Editor's Note. - This section was formerly G.S. 114-19.16. It was recodified as G.S. 143B-947 by Session Laws 2014-100, s. 17.1(m), effective July 1, 2014. Session Laws 2005-344 established the North Carolina State Lottery. Session Laws 2005-344, s. 14, provides: "Nothing in this act [which established the North Carolina State Lottery] shall be construed to obligate the General Assembly to appropriate funds to implement this act." Session Laws 2006-264, s. 91(c), made a change identical to that made by Session Laws 2006-259, s. 8(g), but was repealed pursuant to the terms of Session Laws 2006-264, s. 91(e), which provided that if Session Laws 2006-259 became law, 2006-264, s. 91(c) is repealed. 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 2005-276, s. 31.1(w), effective July 1, 2005, substituted "vendor" for "retailer or lottery contractor" throughout the section, substituted "vendor" for "lottery retailer or lottery contractor" in the second sentence, substituted "shall remit any fingerprint ... this section confidential" for "keep all information obtained pursuant to this section confidential" in the next to last sentence, and added the last sentence. Session Laws 2006-259, s. 8(g), effective August 23, 2006, deleted "national" preceding "criminal" near the end of the last sentence. Session Laws 2009-570, s. 32(e), effective August 28, 2009, substituted "potential contractor" for "potential vendor" once in the second sentence, and substituted "potential contractor" for "prospective lottery vendor" throughout the section. Session Laws 2014-100, s. 17.1(o), effective July 1, 2014, substituted "Department of Public Safety" for "Department of Justice" throughout the section.