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Committee backs bill allowing $25 fee for federal suitability checks
Summary
The committee approved House Bill 340 to require Kentucky criminal justice agencies to provide criminal history records for federal or contractor background checks and to allow a $25 fee for that service; committee passed the bill 9-0 and sponsors said reimbursement will come from the federal government.
Representative Tony Hampton, sponsor of House Bill 340, told the committee the measure creates a new section of Kentucky law to define terms and require criminal justice agencies to provide criminal-history records for basic federal suitability or fitness screenings.
"This legislation will change and create a new section of KRS Chapter 13 to…
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