A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT to authorize the north carolina department of justice to charge each applicant for a Locksmith license or an apprentice designation a criminal history record check fee.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.  G.S. 74F‑18(b) reads as rewritten:
"(b)	All applicants for licensure or apprentice designation shall consent to a criminal history record check. Refusal to consent to a criminal history record check may constitute grounds for the Board to deny licensure or apprentice designation to an applicant. The Board shall ensure that the State and national criminal history of an applicant is checked. The Board shall be responsible for providing to the North Carolina Department of Justice the fingerprints of the applicant to be checked, a form signed by the applicant consenting to the criminal record check and the use of fingerprints and other identifying information required by the State or National Repositories of Criminal Histories, and any additional information required by the Department of Justice. The Board shall keep all information obtained pursuant to this section confidential. The Department of Justice may charge each applicant a fee for conducting the checks of criminal history records authorized by this subsection."
SECTION 2.  This act is effective when it becomes law.