Bill Text: NJ S2594 | 2018-2019 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: Requires criminal history record background checks for certain DOBI employees.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-06-18 - Referred to Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee [S2594 Detail]
Download: New_Jersey-2018-S2594-Amended.html
Sponsored by:
Senator TROY SINGLETON
District 7 (Burlington)
SYNOPSIS
Requires criminal history record background checks for certain DOBI employees.
CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT
As reported by the Senate Commerce Committee on June 18, 2018, with amendments.
An Act concerning criminal history record background checks for certain Department of Banking and Insurance employees and supplementing Title 17 of the Revised Statutes.
Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:
1. a. The Commissioner of Banking and Insurance shall conduct a criminal history record background check, including a name and fingerprint identification check, of 1[each] any1 employee of the Department of Banking and Insurance who is 1determined by the commissioner to be1 responsible for handling sensitive personal, financial, and proprietary information. On or after the effective date of this act, the criminal history record background check shall be conducted 1for any employee or potential employee required to have a background check pursuant to this act:
(1) in the case of a potential employee,1 prior to 1[an] the potential1 employee's commencement of employment or service in the department1;
(2) in the case of a current employee, as soon as practicable following the effective date of this act; or
(3) in the case of a current employee who is transferring or promoted into a position that is subject to this act, prior to the completion of the transfer or employment1.
b. The commissioner is authorized to exchange fingerprint data with, and to receive information from, the State Bureau of Identification in the Division of State Police and the Federal Bureau of Investigation consistent with applicable State and federal laws, rules, and regulations, for the purposes of facilitating determinations concerning qualifications for employment in the Department of Banking and Insurance. Upon receipt of the criminal history record information for an employee or prospective employee from the Division of State Police or the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the commissioner shall promptly notify the employee or prospective employee, in writing, of the employee's or prospective employee's qualification for employment in the department pursuant to section 2 of this act.
c. The Division of State Police shall promptly notify the commissioner in the event an employee or prospective employee, who was the subject of a criminal history record background check pursuant to this section, is arrested for a crime or offense in this State after the date the background check was performed.
1d. The commissioner may require by regulation employees required to have a background check pursuant to this act to self-report any arrests, indictments, or convictions in this State or any other state.1
2. No person shall serve as an officer, employee, or any other class of personnel in the Department of Banking and Insurance if that person is convicted of any crime or offense, as determined by a criminal history record background check conducted pursuant to the provisions of section 1 of this act, if the crime or offense involves dishonesty, breach of trust, money laundering, or any other crime or offense for which the Commissioner of Banking and Insurance determines is detrimental to the person's employment in the department.
13. The Commissioner of Banking and Insurance shall adopt, pursuant to the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.) any rules and regulations necessary to implement the provisions of this act.1
1[3.] 4.1 This act shall take effect immediately.
