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LB898                                                                     LB898
                                                                     2024
                               LEGISLATURE OF NEBRASKA
                          ONE HUNDRED EIGHTH LEGISLATURE
                                   SECOND SESSION
                       LEGISLATIVE BILL 898
        Introduced by Ibach, 44; Ballard, 21; Holdcroft, 36; Vargas, 7.
        Read first time January 03, 2024
        Committee: Judiciary
    A BILL FOR AN ACT relating to criminal history record information; to
        adopt the National Crime Prevention and Privacy Compact; and to
        provide powers and duties for the Superintendent of Law Enforcement
        and Public Safety and the Nebraska State Patrol.
    Be it enacted by the people of the State of Nebraska,
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LB898                                                                                      LB898
                                                                                      2024
        Section 1.      (1) In order to facilitate the authorized interstate
    exchange of criminal history record information for noncriminal justice
   purposes, and to implement the National Crime Prevention and Privacy
    Compact,   34   U.S.C.   40316,   the Legislature approves and ratifies the
    compact. The Superintendent of Law Enforcement and Public Safety shall
    execute the compact on behalf of the state.
       (2) The Nebraska State Patrol is the repository of criminal history
    record information for purposes of the compact and shall do all things
    necessary or incidental to carrying out the compact.
       (3) The Superintendent of Law Enforcement and Public Safety or the
    superintendent's designee is   the state's compact officer and shall
    administer the compact within the state. The Nebraska State Patrol may
    adopt and promulgates rules and regulations and establish procedures for
    the cooperative exchange of criminal history record information between
    the state and federal government for use in noncriminal justice cases.
       (4) The state's ratification of the compact remains in effect until
   legislation is enacted which specifically renounces the compact.
       (5) This compact does not affect or abridge the obligations and
    responsibilities of the Nebraska State Patrol under state law, including,
    but not limited to, the Security, Privacy, and Dissemination of Criminal
   History Information Act, and does not alter or amend the manner, direct
    or otherwise, in which the public is afforded access to criminal history
    record information under state law.
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