<div class="chunk-title">Sec. 18-1. - Criminal checks for county applicants.</div>
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               This section adopted by the county board of commissioners is to provide a policy and
               procedures for conducting criminal history checks through SBI/DCI on final applicants
               for employment, volunteers and fire department applicants. This section is adopted
               pursuant to the authority vested in the county by the general assembly of the state
               in G.S. Â§Â§ 153A-11 and 153A-12.
               
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                  (1)
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                  In order to protect the citizens of the county and their properties, the procedures
                  herein are established to provide for fingerprinting and criminal history checks on
                  all final applicants for employment and volunteers in the county government, and fire
                  department applicants. Subject to subsection (3) of this section, employment and volunteer
                  opportunities, may be denied for those persons convicted of any crime against a person,
                  or crimes against property where intent is an element, or any drug or gambling related
                  offense.
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                  a.
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                  The county manager, or designee, may conduct an investigation of any final applicant
                  for employment, a volunteer with the county government or a fire department applicant.
                  It shall be a precondition the applicant or volunteer shall authorize the inquiry
                  and upon request, provide fingerprints and all other necessary personal identification
                  information, which may include a birth certificate, social security number and drivers
                  license, if available, so that the county manager, or designee, may cause a thorough
                  search to be made of local and state criminal records to determine if the applicant
                  or volunteer has a history of criminal convictions or the crimes enumerated above
                  by use of the division of criminal information network (DCI).
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                  b.
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                  The emergency management/communications department shall provide the findings from
                  the use of the DCI to the county manager, or designee, provided that all necessary
                  agreements with the state bureau of investigations division of criminal information
                  have been executed.
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                  c.
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                  An evaluation of any crime for purposes of employment will take into account the nature
                  and the circumstances of the offense and the time frame of the offense as it relates
                  to the essential job functions or the position applied.
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                  d.
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                  Prior to denial or termination of employment, volunteer opportunities, or fire department
                  applicants based upon criminal history record information (CHRI) received from the
                  emergency management office, the county manager shall verify the existence of a record
                  by either obtaining a certified public record or by submitting a fingerprint card
                  of the individual to the criminal information and identification section for verification
                  in accordance with G.S. Â§Â§ 143B-943 and 143B-945 that the CHRI record belongs to the
                  individual.
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                  (2)
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                  If this section or the application thereof to any person or circumstance is held invalid,
                  such invalidity shall not affect other provisions or applications of the section which
                  can be given separate effect and to that end the provisions of this section are declared
                  to be severable.
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                  (3)
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                  Any ordinance or any part of an ordinance in conflict with this section, to the extent
                  of such conflict, is hereby repealed.
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                  (4)
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                  This section is adopted in the interest of public health, safety, and general welfare
                  of the inhabitants of the county, and shall be in full force and effect from and after
                  its adoption.
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               (Ord. No. O06-01, 8-18-2020)
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            <p class="refeditor0" block_type="hang"><b>Editor's noteâ€” </b>
               Ord. No. O06-01, adopted Aug. 18, 2020, did not specify manner of inclusion, hence,
               codification as Â§ 18-1 was at the discretion of the editor.
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