The Committee on Judiciary proposed the following amendment (JUD0480.002):
    Amend the bill, as and if amended, by striking all after the enacting words and inserting:
    /         SECTION     1.     Article 1, Chapter 3, Title 23 of the 1976 Code is amended by adding:
    "Section 23-3-90.     (A)     Notwithstanding any other provision of law, an agency in this State authorized to conduct a state fingerprint-based background check conducted by SLED may also conduct a nationwide federal fingerprint-based background check conducted by the Federal Bureau of Investigation in a manner prescribed by SLED.
    (B)     SLED, upon request, may submit the fingerprints collected by agencies authorized to conduct state fingerprint-based background checks by SLED to the Federal Bureau of Investigation's Next Generation Identification (NGI) program.
    (C)     SLED and the Federal Bureau of Investigation may retain collected fingerprints. Retained fingerprints may be searched by future submissions to SLED and the NGI System, including latent fingerprint searches, and appropriate responses sent to SLED and authorized recipients.
    (D)     SLED may charge a reasonable fee for the collection and retention of the fingerprints."

SECTION     2.     This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.         /

    Renumber sections to conform.
    Amend title to conform.