HB 18-1339

HB 18-1339, a Colorado law that was signed into effect, requires background checks for anyone who might access federal tax information. This includes employees, contractors, and other individuals working with state agencies or county departments that handle such sensitive data. The bill mandates fingerprint-based criminal history record checks to ensure the security of this information and prevents state agencies from sharing federal tax details with non-compliant entities. State agencies must cover the costs associated with these background checks. This law aims to protect confidential tax information by ensuring all相关人员只有查看和理解信息的权限，但没有提供总结之外的具体行动或进一步讨论的指示。根据给定的要求，关于该法案影响范围与目的的简明解释已给出：它通过实施指纹背景检查来保护联邦税收信息的安全，并限制了不遵守此要求的机构获取这些敏感数据的能力。

Official Summary

Joint Budget Committee. The bill requires fingerprint-based criminal history record checks (record checks) for every applicant, contractor, employee, or other individual who has or may have access to federal tax information received from the federal government by a state agency in accordance with federal internal revenue service publication 1075. The state agency is authorized to collect the fingerprints of the individuals or to use the fingerprinting services of another agency or entity authorized by law to collect them and is required to pay the costs of the record checks to the Colorado bureau of investigation. A state agency that receives federal tax information from the federal government and shares that information with a county department or another state agency may authorize and require the county department or other state agency to conduct record checks for all of its applicants, employees, contractors, or other individuals who may have access to the shared information. The county or other state agency is required to pay the costs of the record checks to the Colorado bureau of investigation. The bill prohibits a state agency that receives federal tax information from the federal government from sharing that information with another agency that refuses or fails to comply with the requirement to conduct record checks. The bill appropriates funds to affected state agencies to implement its requirements. (Note: This summary applies to the reengrossed version of this bill as introduced in the second house.) , Read More

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