California Government Code

§ 1044

GOV § 1044 Effective Jun 27, 2017Div. 4 · Title 1 · Ch. 1 · Art. 2

Statute text

(a)(1) A state entity or its designee shall conduct criminal background checks, as provided in this section, to comply with applicable federal requirements.

(2)(A) The state entity or its designee shall submit to the Department of Justice fingerprint images, and any other related information required by the Department of Justice, of an employee, prospective employee, contractor, agent, volunteer, vendor, subcontractor, or employee of a contractor of the state entity or its designee whose duties or responsibilities include having access to federal tax information received by the state entity or its designee. The fingerprint images and any other related information of an employee, prospective employee, contractor, agent, volunteer, vendor, subcontractor, or employee of a contractor of the state entity or its designee shall be furnished to the Department of Justice for the purpose of obtaining information as to the existence and nature of a record of state or federal level convictions and state or federal level arrests for which the Department of Justice establishes that the applicant was released on bail or on his or her own recognizance pending trial.

(B)The state shall meet and confer with impacted state collective bargaining units regarding the impact of this section on terms and conditions of employment. Any violation of this meet-and-confer requirement shall be a matter within the exclusive jurisdiction of the Public Employment Relations Board subject to the provisions of Chapter 10.3 (commencing with Section 3512).

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Legislative history

Added by Stats. 2017, Ch. 19, Sec. 10. (AB 111) Effective June 27, 2017.