AN ACT to authorize the north carolina department of justice to charge each applicant for a Locksmith license or an apprentice designation a criminal history record check fee and to make a technical correction.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

SECTION 1.  G.S. 74F‑6(16) reads as rewritten:
"(16)	Request that the Department of Justice conduct criminal history record checks of applicants for licensure and apprenticeships pursuant to G.S.  114‑19.15."
SECTION 2.  G.S. 74F‑18(b) reads as rewritten:
"(b)	All applicants for licensure or apprentice designation shall consent to a criminal history record check. Refusal to consent to a criminal history record check may constitute grounds for the Board to deny licensure or apprentice designation to an applicant. The Board shall ensure that the State and national criminal history of an applicant is checked. The Board shall be responsible for providing to the North Carolina Department of Justice the fingerprints of the applicant to be checked, a form signed by the applicant consenting to the criminal record check and the use of fingerprints and other identifying information required by the State or National Repositories of Criminal Histories, and any additional information required by the Department of Justice. The Board shall keep all information obtained pursuant to this section confidential. The Board shall collect any fees required by the Department of Justice and shall remit the fees to the Department of Justice for expenses associated with conducting the criminal history record check."
SECTION 2.  This act is effective when it becomes law.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 17th day of July, 2004.

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		 Beverly E. Perdue
	 President of the Senate

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		 James B. Black
	 Speaker of the House of Representatives

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		 Michael F. Easley
	 Governor

Approved __________.m. this ______________ day of ___________________, 2004