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<section article="gps" article_name="Public Safety" number="3-304" title_number="3" title_name="Law Enforcement" subtitle_number="3" subtitle_name="Special Police Officers">
  <level label="a">
    <level label="1">
      <text>The employer of an applicant for a commission shall submit the application under this section.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>A separate application is required for each individual applicant for a commission.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <level label="1">
      <text>The employer of an applicant for a commission shall submit to the Secretary:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>an application in the manner and format designated by the Secretary; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>subject to paragraph (4) of this subsection, an application fee of $100 in a method approved by the Secretary, to cover the cost of an investigation of the applicant.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>As part of the application for a commission, the applicant shall submit to the Secretary:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>two sets of the applicant’s legible fingerprints taken in a format approved by the Director of the Central Repository and the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>the fees required under subsection (c) of this section.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>The application fee is nonrefundable.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>An application fee may not be charged to a unit of the State.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <level label="1">
      <text>The Secretary shall apply to the Central Repository for a State and national criminal history records check for each applicant for a special police commission.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>As part of the application for a criminal history records check, the Secretary shall submit to the Central Repository:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>a complete set of the applicant’s legible fingerprints taken in a format approved by the Director of the Central Repository and the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>the fee authorized under § 10–221(b)(7) of the Criminal Procedure Article for access to Maryland criminal history records; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>the mandatory processing fee required by the Federal Bureau of Investigation for a national criminal history records check.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>The Central Repository shall provide a receipt to the applicant for the fees paid in accordance with paragraph (2)(ii) and (iii) of this subsection.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>In accordance with Title 10, Subtitle 2 of the Criminal Procedure Article, the Central Repository shall forward to the applicant and the Secretary a printed statement of the applicant’s criminal history information.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="5">
      <text>Information obtained from the Central Repository under this section:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>is confidential and may not be disseminated; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>may be used only for the purposes authorized by this section.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="6">
      <text>If criminal history record information is reported to the Central Repository after the date of the initial criminal history records check, the Central Repository shall provide to the Department of State Police Licensing Division a revised printed statement of the applicant’s or special police officer’s State criminal history record.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
