Report on Criminal Justice Systems (language only)

Item 430 #1c

Language
Page 306, strike lines 16 through 25 and insert:
"B.1.  The Secretaries of Public Safety, Technology, and Finance, or their designees, in consultation with the Virginia State Crime Commission, the Executive Secretary of the Supreme Court, the Virginia Criminal Sentencing Commission, and the Compensation Board, shall assess (a) the condition, capacity, and status of criminal justice computer systems and databases in use by (i) law enforcement, Commonwealth's Attorneys, and the courts; (ii) local and regional jails and juvenile detention facilities; and (iii) the Departments of State Police, Corrections, Juvenile Justice, and Criminal Justice Services; and (b) the estimated costs of integrating criminal justice computer systems, including existing and future systems.  The Secretaries shall provide an interim report to the Chairmen of the Senate Finance and House Appropriations Committees and the Chairman of the Crime Commission by December 1, 2000, and a final report by June 30, 2001.
2.  The Virginia State Crime Commission, in consultation with the Secretaries, the Executive Secretary of the Supreme Court, the Virginia Criminal Sentencing Commission, and the Compensation Board, shall recommend how best to coordinate the development of an integrated information system for all criminal justice computer systems that allows for the common reporting and sharing of information, while eliminating duplicate information in individual agency systems, and how best to fund future criminal justice computer systems and databases.  The Crime Commission shall also recommend standards for collecting and sharing data; eliminating redundant data collection; and linking offender and case records across multiple databases.  The intent of these standards is to provide information needed by the users of criminal justice information systems in the most timely and efficient manner possible.  Upon request by the Crime Commission, the Auditor of Public Accounts shall provide information and assistance as needed.  The Crime Commission shall complete this assessment and provide a final report to the Chairmen of the Senate Finance and House Appropriations Committees by December 1, 2001."

Explanation
(This amendment directs a study of criminal justice systems and databases so that the information needed by the users of these systems can be provided in the most timely and efficient manner possible.)