17.131 Kentucky Unified Criminal Justice Information System -- Committee to
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design and implement system -- Uniform policy -- Duties -- Automated
warrant system -- Denial of funds upon failure of agency or officer to
participate in system.
(1)There is hereby established the Kentucky Unified Criminal Justice Information
System, referred to in this chapter as the "system." The system shall be a joint
effort of the criminal justice agencies, the Courts of Justice, and the Office of
Homeland Security. Notwithstanding any statutes, administrative regulations,
and policies to the contrary, if standards and technologies other than those set
by the Commonwealth Office of Technology are required, the executive
director of the Commonwealth Office of Technology shall review, expedite, and
grant appropriate exemptions to effectuate the purposes of the unified criminal
justice information system. Nothing in this section shall be construed to hamper
any public officer or official, agency, or organization of state or local
government from furnishing information or data that they are required or
requested to furnish and which they are allowed to procure by law, to the
General Assembly, the Legislative Research Commission, or a committee of
either. For the purposes of this section, "criminal justice agencies" include all
departments of the Justice and Public Safety Cabinet except the Department of
Public Advocacy, the Unified Prosecutorial System, Commonwealth's
attorneys, county attorneys, the Transportation Cabinet, the Cabinet for Health
and Family Services, and any agency with the authority to issue a citation or
make an arrest.
(2)The program to design, implement, and maintain the system shall be under the
supervision of the executive director of the Office of Homeland Security, in
consultation with the executive director of the Commonwealth Office of
Technology and the Administrative Office of the Courts.
(3)The executive director of the Office of Homeland Security, the executive
director of the Commonwealth Office of Technology, and a representative of
the Administrative Office of the Courts, or their respective designees, shall be
responsible for recommending standards, policies, and other matters to the
secretary of justice and public safety for promulgation of administrative
regulations in accordance with KRS Chapter 13A to implement the policies,
standards, and other matters relating to the system and its operation.
(4)The uniform policy shall include a system to enable the criminal justice
agencies and the courts to share data stored in each other's information
systems. Initially, the uniform policy shall maximize the use of existing
databases and platforms through the use of a virtual database created by
network linking of existing databases and platforms among the various
departments. The uniform policy shall also develop plans for the new open
system platforms before the existing platforms become obsolete.
(5)All criminal justice and participating public safety agencies shall follow the
policies established by administrative regulation for the exchange of data and
connection to the system.
(6)The executive director of the Commonwealth Office of Technology shall review
how changes to existing criminal justice agency applications impact the new
integrated network. Changes to criminal justice agency applications that have
an impact on the integrated network shall be coordinated through and
approved by the executive director of the Office of Homeland Security, in
consultation with the Commonwealth Office of Technology.
(7)Any future state-funded expenditures by a criminal justice agency for computer
platforms in support of criminal justice applications shall be reviewed by the
Office of Homeland Security and the Commonwealth Office of Technology.
(8)As part of the unified criminal justice information system, the executive director
of the Office of Homeland Security, in consultation with the secretary of the
Justice and Public Safety Cabinet, the executive director of the Commonwealth
Office of Technology, and the Administrative Office of the Courts, shall design
and implement an automated warrant system. The automated warrant system
shall be compatible with any similar system required by the federal government
for inclusion of state information in federal criminal justice databases.
(9)Any criminal justice and public safety agency that does not participate in the
system may be denied access to state and federal grant funds.