Current Auditor staff and certain contractors would need criminal checks

Covered people would submit fingerprints and other needed information for state and federal criminal checks. This covers current Auditor’s office staff, people conditionally offered jobs there, and the covered current or prospective contractors. Current or prospective contractors are covered only when the Auditor or a designee identifies their required or possible access to state systems, facilities, or data as needing a check. The state identification bureau would send the Auditor the results, including a report if no record is found. The Auditor’s office would pay for the checks. Current staff and current contractors would have 30 days to submit the information after receiving the Auditor’s written request.

The state identification bureau would send the Auditor later criminal record information. This applies only to current Auditor’s office staff and current contractors who receive a check under these rules. The bureau would send later state criminal records. If the Rap Back follow-up system is available, it would also send later records available through that system. The reporting applies after a current staff member or contractor receives a check under these rules.

The Auditor or a designee would be allowed to review and use check results. This concerns results for current staff, people conditionally offered jobs, and contractors whose required or possible state access is flagged for a check. Other laws limit how the Auditor may use the information.