BACKGROUND CHECK FEES; SUNSET EXTENSION H.B. 4892:
SUMMARY OF HOUSE-PASSED BILL
IN COMMITTEE
House Bill 4892 (as passed by the House)
Sponsor: Representative Joe Tate
House Committee: Appropriations
Senate Committee: Appropriations
CONTENT
The bill would amend Public Act 120 of 1935, which governs the fingerprinting of State residents, by extending the sunset on fees collected by the Department of State Police (MSP) for collecting fingerprints and processing fingerprint- and name-based criminal record checks from October 1, 2019, to October 1, 2023. The bill would maintain current fees, which are set at $30 for taking and processing fingerprints and completing a criminal record check, and $10 for processing a name-based criminal record check. The sunsets for both of these fees also were extended in 2015.
FISCAL IMPACT
The bill would maintain the current level of revenue collected by MSP, which is deposited into the Criminal Justice Information Center (CJIC) Service Fees Fund and is used to support the taking and processing of fingerprints, to maintain the Internet Criminal History Access Tool (ICHAT), through which name-based criminal records checks are processed, and to support the administration of the CJIC. The Department estimates that the revenue loss if the sunset is not extended would total $15.0 million annually.
This analysis was prepared by nonpartisan Senate staff for use by the Senate in its deliberations and does not constitute an official statement of legislative intent.