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STATE OF RHODE ISLAND | |
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IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY | |
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JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2013 | |
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RELATING TO PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS -- TAXICABS AND LIMITED | |
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PUBLIC MOTOR VEHICLES | |
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Introduced By: Representatives Jacquard, and Nunes | |
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Date Introduced: February 12, 2013 | |
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Referred To: House Corporations | |
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It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows: | |
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SECTION 1. Chapter 39-14 of the General Laws entitled "Taxicabs and Limited Public |
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Motor Vehicles" is hereby amended by adding thereto the following section: |
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39-14-27. Criminal records background check. -- (a) Any person seeking employment |
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or employed subsequent to January 1, 2000 with a taxicab company or limited public motor |
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vehicle company shall undergo a national and state criminal background check. |
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(b) The applicant or employee shall apply to the bureau of criminal identification (BCI), |
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department of attorney general, state police or local police department where they reside, for a |
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national and state a criminal records check. Fingerprinting shall be required. Upon the discovery |
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of any disqualifying information, the bureau of criminal identification, state police or local police |
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department will inform the applicant or employee, in writing, of the nature of the disqualifying |
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information; and, without disclosing the nature of the disqualifying information will notify the |
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employer, in writing, that disqualifying information has been discovered. The employer shall |
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maintain on file evidence that criminal records checks have been initiated on all employees |
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seeking employment subsequent to January 1, 2000, and the results of the checks. The applicant |
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or employee shall be responsible for the costs of the national and state criminal records check. |
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(c) At the conclusion of the criminal background check required in this section, the |
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attorney general, state police or local police department shall promptly destroy the fingerprint |
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record of the applicant or employee obtained pursuant to this chapter. |
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SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage. |
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EXPLANATION | |
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BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL | |
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RELATING TO PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS -- TAXICABS AND LIMITED | |
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PUBLIC MOTOR VEHICLES | |
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This act would require all applicants and employees of taxicab companies and all other |
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limited public motor vehicle companies to undergo a national and state criminal background |
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check. |
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This act would take effect upon passage. |
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