(1) Findings. The legislature finds that there is a need to improve the quality and completeness of criminal history records made available to a state when it conducts national fingerprint-based record checks for applicant or noncriminal justice purposes. Criminal history records automated and held at the state level are the most complete and accurate sources for fingerprint-based records checks for authorized agencies or organizations screening persons seeking positions of trust. Ratification of the “National Crime Prevention and Privacy Compact” will provide direct access to criminal history records maintained in other member states.
(2) Enactment. The national crime prevention and privacy compact is hereby enacted into law and entered into with all other jurisdictions legally joined therein in the form substantially as follows:
The contracting parties agree to the following: