SB 5553-S - DIGEST

(DIGEST OF PROPOSED 1ST SUBSTITUTE)

Finds that creating a pilot program, by strategically placing several live-scan devices in government offices throughout the state, will help employers and prospective employees to more easily gather and transmit data for noncriminal justice purposes.

Requires that, after the results of a background check for noncriminal justice purposes have been obtained and transmitted to the requesting party, the electronic files of the fingerprint images shall be destroyed. The electronic files containing the fingerprint images that are gathered and transmitted pursuant to this act shall not be retained by the Washington state patrol, the educational service district, or any state or local agency or by any private party hired to gather or transmit the electronic fingerprints.

Appropriates the amount of two hundred seventy thousand dollars, or as much thereof as may be necessary, from the state general fund for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2006, to the superintendent of public instruction. The amount in this provision is provided solely to purchase a live-scan device for each educational service district, to be used for noncriminal justice purposes.