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The commission shall bear all costs of obtaining criminal history record information regarding such individual, including expenses incurred by the State Police in connection with such fingerprinting or criminal records check. The commission may require such individual or contractor to reimburse the commission for the cost of the fingerprinting or a criminal records check or both.B\n\nThe Central Criminal Records Exchange, upon receipt of an individual’s record or notification that no record exists, shall make a report to the commission’s chief administrative officer, who must belong to a governmental entity. 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This law was first created in 2010. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapters 189<\/a> and 563<\/a> of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year. It has been modified 1 time. Those modifications are cataloged by \u201cThe Acts of Assembly,\u201d a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly\u2019s website will be linked accordingly. That modification is as follows: in 2014, chapter 805<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":207047,"object_type":"law","relational_id":70119,"identifier":"33.2-1918","token":"33.2\/IV\/19\/4\/33.2-1918","url":"\/33.2-1918\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/33.2-1918\/","token":"33.2\/IV\/19\/4\/33.2-1918","dublin_core":{"Title":"Background checks of applicants and employees","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 33.2-1918","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A.<\/span> Any commission<\/span> created pursuant to this chapter may require any individual who is offered a position of employment with the commission<\/span>, or with any contractor of the commission<\/span> when such individual is to be assigned to directly provide transit services to the public under a contract<\/span> with the commission<\/span>, to submit to fingerprinting and to provide personal descriptive information to be forwarded along with the individual’s fingerprints through the Central Criminal Records Exchange to the Federal Bureau of Investigation for the purpose of obtaining criminal history record information regarding such individual. The commission<\/span> shall bear all costs of obtaining criminal history record information regarding such individual, including expenses incurred by the State Police in connection with such fingerprinting or criminal records check. The commission<\/span> may require such individual or contractor to reimburse the commission<\/span> for the cost of the fingerprinting or a criminal records check or both. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

B.<\/span> The Central Criminal Records Exchange, upon receipt of an individual’s record or notification that no record exists, shall make a report to the commission<\/span>’s chief administrative officer, who must belong to a governmental entity. The information shall not be disseminated except as provided for in this section. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nBACKGROUND CHECKS OF APPLICANTS AND EMPLOYEES (\u00a7 33.2-1918)\n\nA. Any commission created pursuant to this chapter may require any individual\nwho is offered a position of employment with the commission, or with any\ncontractor of the commission when such individual is to be assigned to directly\nprovide transit services to the public under a contract with the commission, to\nsubmit to fingerprinting and to provide personal descriptive information to be\nforwarded along with the individual’s fingerprints through the Central\nCriminal Records Exchange to the Federal Bureau of Investigation for the purpose\nof obtaining criminal history record information regarding such individual. The\ncommission shall bear all costs of obtaining criminal history record information\nregarding such individual, including expenses incurred by the State Police in\nconnection with such fingerprinting or criminal records check. The commission\nmay require such individual or contractor to reimburse the commission for the\ncost of the fingerprinting or a criminal records check or both.\n\nB. The Central Criminal Records Exchange, upon receipt of an individual’s\nrecord or notification that no record exists, shall make a report to the\ncommission’s chief administrative officer, who must belong to a\ngovernmental entity. The information shall not be disseminated except as\nprovided for in this section.\n\nHISTORY: 2010, cc. 189, 563, \u00a7 15.1-4517.1; 2014, c. 805.","edition":{"id":1,"name":"2025","slug":"2025","date_created":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","date_modified":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","current":1,"order_by":1,"last_import":null}}