NJAC 13:59-1.3 Fees CRIMINAL HISTORY RECORD

NJAC13:59-1.3 Fees (a) A fee of $ 30.00 shall be collected by the SBI for the purpose of processing New Jersey criminal history fingerprint record checks and checking them against the information in the central repository of the New Jersey State Police SBI. This fee shall be $ 18.00 for processing New Jersey criminal history fingerprint record checks on: 1. Any person who volunteers with a qualified entity, as that term is defined by the National Child Protection Act of 1993, 42 U.S.C. 5119, 5119c; 2. Any person who volunteers his or her services to an entity that has been qualified by the Internal Revenue System as exempt from Federal income tax pursuant to 26 U.S.C. 501(c)(3); or 3. Any volunteer of a nonprofit youth serving organization. (b) A fee of $ 18.00 shall be collected by the SBI for the purpose of processing criminal history name search identification checks. This fee shall be $ 10.00 for processing a name search on: 1. Any person who volunteers with a qualified entity, as that term is defined by the National Child Protection Act of 1993, 42 U.S.C. 5119, 5119c; 2. Any person who volunteers his or her services to an entity that has been qualified by the Internal Revenue System as exempt from Federal income tax pursuant to 26 U.S.C. 501(c)(3); or 3. Any volunteer of a nonprofit youth serving organization. (c) Notwithstanding (a) above, a state, county or municipal criminal justice agency, fire department or first aid squad may request a fingerprint based check of the New Jersey criminal history repository of the New Jersey State Police SBI on public safety volunteers under their authority. There will be no processing fee associated with this check. (d) In addition to the processing fee established in (a) above, a non-refundable fee in an amount established by the FBI shall be collected from each national requester to pay for the cost of processing of national fingerprint checks of criminal history record information stored in the NCIC or other states repositories of computerized CHRI for noncriminal justice purposes. (e) A $ 10.00 fee shall be collected for the service authorized by N.J.A.C. 13:59-1.8. (f) Unless otherwise provided by law, all fees collected for accessing and disseminating criminal history record information shall be deposited in the Criminal History Record Information Fund. (g) New Jersey State governmental entities may submit a Memo Processed Certificate of Debit and Credit for the applicable amount with each group of submissions to the State Bureau of Identification. (h) Payment shall be made by cashiers check, certified check, money order or ordinary business check. Requesters and national requesters who conduct large volumes of transactions may maintain prepaid accounts with the approval of the Superintendent. Any form or method of payment other than that specified in this section shall be first approved by the Superintendent. A single check or money order shall be drafted to cover all applicable fees prescribed by this chapter and shall be made payable to Division of State Police--SBI. (i) A fee may be collected by a law enforcement agency when it performs the procedure of securing applicant fingerprint images. The law enforcement agencys municipal governing body may assess and retain a fee to an applicant for the performance of this service pursuant to its authority under N.J.S.A. 40:48-1 et seq. to make, amend, repeal and enforce ordinances to fix the fees of any officer, or employee of the municipality for any service rendered in connection with his or her office or position for which no specific fee or compensation is provided. (j) Upon authorization of the Superintendent, the procedure of securing applicant fingerprint images may be performed by a private entity under contract with the State and the applicant shall be assessed a fee which has been established under the contract between the private entity and the State.