KRS § 17.131 — KY Code / Title III / Chapter 17 / Section 17.131
17.131 Kentucky Unified Criminal Justice Information System -- Committee to design and implement system -- Uniform policy -- Duties -- Automated warrant system -- Denial of funds upon failure of agency or officer to participate in system
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17.131 Kentucky Unified Criminal Justice Information System -- Committee to

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.