Establishment of Rules and Policies; Privacy and Security Committee; Fees

(a) The commission shall adopt rules and policies for the performance of the responsibilities under this article. Unless otherwise stated, the rules of the commission are subject to the Alabama Administrative Procedure Act, Chapter 22 of Title 41. ALEA may establish procedures to implement the rules and policies of the commission or as otherwise stated in state law. (b) The commission shall adopt rules and policies that will restrict the information obtained under authority of this article to the items germane to the implementation of this article and restrict the use of information only to authorized persons and agencies. (c) The chair of the commission shall appoint a Privacy and Security Committee from the membership of the commission who are elected officials, or their designees, consisting of a chair and three members, to study the privacy and security implications of sharing criminal justice information and to formulate rule or policy recommendations for consideration by the commission concerning the collection, storage, dissemination, or usage of criminal justice information. (d) The commission may adopt rules and policies regarding the collection, storage, and dissemination of criminal justice information that conform to the policies of the FBI CJIS. (e) The commission may direct ALEA CJIS to establish procedures, manuals, documents, forms, or requirements; perform tasks to facilitate federal and state law; and perform tasks to facilitate rules or policies established by the commission. These directives and ALEA CJIS’s subsequent response are not subject to APA approval, but must be approved by the commission. (f) Unless otherwise provided by law, the commission may establish a fee schedule for any services rendered by ALEA under the authority of this article. All fees shall be deposited into the State Treasury to the credit of the Public Safety Fund and shall be used to support, develop, maintain, and promote operations as authorized in this article. (Acts 1975, No. 872, §5; Acts 1994, No. 94-578, p. 1053, §1; Act 2000-801, p. 1906, §1; Act 2019-495, §1; Act 2026-374, §1.)