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 9  AN ACT concerning the Kansas bureau of investigation; relating to crim-
10    inal history record information; authorizing certain fees; establishing
11    the criminal history record check fee fund.
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13  Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Kansas:
14    Section 1.  (a) There is hereby established in the state treasury the
15  criminal history record check fee fund which shall be administered by the
16  director of the Kansas bureau of investigation. All moneys received from
17  fees for checking criminal history record information shall be remitted to
18  the state treasurer at least monthly. Upon receipt of each such remittance,
19  the state treasurer shall deposit the entire amount in the state treasury
20  to the credit of the criminal history record check fee fund. All expendi-
21  tures from the criminal history record check fee fund shall be made in
22  accordance with appropriation acts upon warrants of the director of ac-
23  counts and reports issued pursuant to vouchers approved by the director
24  of the Kansas bureau of investigation or the director's designee.
25    (b)  In addition to other fees authorized by statute for checking crim-
26  inal history record information, the director of the Kansas bureau of in-
27  vestigation is hereby authorized to fix, charge and collect fees for criminal
28  history record checks conducted for noncriminal justice entities including
29  governmental agencies and private organizations. All such fees shall be
30  fixed in order to recover all or part of the direct and indirect operating
31  expenses incurred for such record checks.
32    (c)  On July 1, 1997, the director of the Kansas bureau of investigation
33  shall certify to the director of accounts the amount of moneys credited
34  to the KBI general fees fund that is attributable to moneys received for
35  fees for checking criminal history record information. Upon receipt of
36  such certification, the director of accounts and reports shall transfer
37  amount certified from the KBI general fees fund to the criminal history
38  record check fee fund. On July 1, 1997, all outstanding liabilities of the
39  KBI general fees fund that are attributable to operating expenditures for
40  conducting criminal history record checks, as determined by the director
41  of the Kansas bureau of investigation, are transferred to and imposed on
42  the criminal history record check fee fund.
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 1    Sec. 2.  This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its
 2  publication in the statute book.