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                                         9749
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                     May 20, 2014
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       Introduced by M. of A. THIELE -- read once and referred to the Committee
         on Education
       AN  ACT  to  amend the education law, in relation to criminal background
         checks of certain prospective employees
         THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section  1.  Section  3035 of the education law is amended by adding a
    2  new subdivision 3-b to read as follows:
    3    3-B. UPON REQUEST FROM A PROSPECTIVE EMPLOYEE WHO HAS BEEN CLEARED  BY
    4  THE  COMMISSIONER  OF  MOTOR  VEHICLES  PURSUANT TO SECTION FIVE HUNDRED
    5  NINE-CC OR SECTION TWELVE HUNDRED TWENTY-NINE-D OF THE VEHICLE AND TRAF-
    6  FIC LAW, THE DEPARTMENT OF MOTOR VEHICLES SHALL BE AUTHORIZED TO FORWARD
    7  A COPY OF SUCH INDIVIDUAL'S CRIMINAL HISTORY RECORD  AND  SUCH  INDIVID-
    8  UAL'S  FINGERPRINTS  TO  THE  COMMISSIONER  FOR PURPOSES OF CONDUCTING A
    9  CRIMINAL HISTORY RECORD CHECK PURSUANT TO THIS  SECTION.    FURTHERMORE,
   10  UPON  NOTIFICATION  THAT  SUCH PROSPECTIVE EMPLOYEE HAS BEEN CLEARED FOR
   11  EMPLOYMENT BY THE COMMISSIONER PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION, THE DIVISION OF
   12  CRIMINAL JUSTICE SERVICES SHALL HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO PROVIDE SUBSEQUENT
   13  CRIMINAL HISTORY NOTIFICATIONS DIRECTLY TO THE COMMISSIONER.
   14    S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD11066-01-3