North Carolina § 143B-963 - Criminal history record checks of applicants for and current holders of certificate to transport household goods.

§ 143B-963. Criminal history record checks of applicants for and current holders of certificate to transport household goods.

The Department of Public Safety may provide to the Utilities Commission from the State and National Repositories of Criminal Histories the criminal history of any applicant for or current holder of a certificate to transport household goods. Along with the request, the Commission shall provide to the Department of Public Safety the fingerprints of the applicant or current holder, a form signed by the applicant or current holder consenting to the criminal history record check and use of fingerprints and other identifying information required by the State and National Repositories of Criminal Histories, and any additional information required by the Department of Public Safety. The applicant's or current holder's fingerprints 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 Utilities Commission shall keep all information obtained pursuant to this section confidential. The Department of Public Safety may charge a fee to offset the cost incurred by it to conduct a criminal history record check under this section. The fee shall not exceed the actual cost of locating, editing, researching, and retrieving the information. The Department of Public Safety shall send a copy of the results of the criminal history record checks directly to the Utilities Commission Chief Clerk. The Utilities Commission may provide the information obtained pursuant to subsection (a) of this section to the Public Staff for use in proceedings before the Commission. The Public Staff shall keep all information obtained pursuant to subsection (a) of this section confidential. History (2012-9, s. 2; 2014-100, s. 17.1(m), (o); 2021-23, s. 22.) Cross References. - As to Utilities Commission conducting criminal history record check of applicants for and current holders of certificate to transport household goods, see G.S. 62-273.1 . Editor's Note. - Session Laws 2012-9, s. 2, enacted this section as G.S. 114-19.31. It has been renumbered as this section at the direction of the Revisor of Statutes. Session Laws 2012-9, s. 3, made this section effective June 7, 2012 and applicable to all persons holding a current certificate of exemption or a certificate of public convenience and necessity on or after that date and to all applications for a certification of exemption or a certificate of public convenience and necessity received by the Commission on or after June 7, 2012. This section was formerly G.S. 114-19.32. It was recodified as G.S. 143B-963 by Session Laws 2014-100, s. 17.1(m), 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(o), effective July 1, 2014, substituted "Department of Public Safety" for "Department of Justice" throughout the section. Session Laws 2021-23, s. 22, effective May 17, 2021, designated former text as subsection (a), and added subsection (b).