2006 Kansas Code - 75-712

      75-712.   Same; powers and duties; criminal information records; background investigations, contents, reports. (a) It is the duty of the members of the bureau to make full and complete investigations at the direction of the attorney general. Each member of the bureau shall possess all powers and privileges which are now or may be hereafter given to the sheriffs of Kansas.

      (b)   The bureau shall acquire, collect, classify and preserve criminal identification and other crime records, and may exchange such criminal identification records with the duly authorized officials of governmental agencies, of states, cities and penal institutions.

      (c)   For purposes of carrying out the powers and duties of the bureau, the director may request and accept grants or donations from any person, firm, association or corporation or from the federal government or any federal agency and may enter into contracts or other transactions with any federal agency in connection therewith.

      (d)   The bureau, at the direction of the governor, shall conduct background investigations of gubernatorial appointees who are subject to confirmation by the senate of the state of Kansas and all judicial appointments. The bureau shall require the appointee to be fingerprinted. The fingerprints shall be submitted to the bureau and to the federal bureau of investigation for the identification of the appointee and to obtain criminal history record information, including arrest and nonconviction data. Background reports may include criminal intelligence information and information relating to criminal and background investigations. Information received pursuant to this subsection shall be confidential and shall not be disclosed except to the governor or members of the governor's staff as necessary to determine the appointee's qualifications.

      (e)   Reports of all investigations made by the members of the bureau shall be made to the attorney general of Kansas.

      History:   L. 1939, ch. 310, § 2; L. 1997, ch. 60, § 1; L. 1999, ch. 104, § 1; July 1.