Sec. 54-142h. Data collection; audit; maintenance of records and log.
Sec. 54-142h. Data collection; audit; maintenance of records and log. (a) All
criminal justice agencies that collect, store or disseminate criminal history record information shall institute a process of data collection, entry, storage and systematic audit
that will minimize the possibility of recording and storing inaccurate criminal history
record information, and shall notify, upon the discovery of any such inaccuracy, all
criminal justice agencies known to have received such information. The Division of
Criminal Justice may give advice to criminal justice agencies concerning the collection,
storage and dissemination of criminal history record information, provided the giving
of such advice shall not interfere with the duties or supersede the authority of the state
librarian or public records administrator with respect to public records.
(b) For the purpose of verifying the completeness and accuracy of criminal history
record information collected and maintained by criminal justice information agencies
subject to Title 28, Chapter 1, Part 20 of the Code of Federal Regulations, the Division
of Criminal Justice shall conduct an annual audit of the records maintained by such
agencies. Said division shall provide for a random sample of criminal justice agencies
to be audited each year.
(c) Criminal justice agencies subject to such audits shall maintain and retain records
that will facilitate such audits, including, but not limited to, the keeping of a log which
chronologically records the date nonconviction record information was disclosed, the
information disclosed, how or where the information was obtained and the person or
criminal justice agency to whom the information was disseminated. Such log shall be
maintained for a minimum period of twelve months. It shall not be necessary to log the
disclosure of nonconviction record information to any authorized officer or employee
within such agency.
(P.A. 78-200, S. 8; P.A. 82-346, S. 5, 7; 82-472, S. 170, 183; P.A. 92-134, S. 1.)
History: P.A. 82-346 replaced Connecticut justice commission with the division of criminal justice as auditor of records
in Subsec. (b); P.A. 82-472 changed effective date of P.A. 82-346 from July 1, 1982, to January 1, 1983; P.A. 92-134
amended Subsec. (a) to add provision authorizing the division of criminal justice to give advice to criminal justice agencies
re collection, storage and dissemination of criminal history record information.
Subsec. (c):
Cited. 183 C. 183.