19-1820 Amending City Code 3-1-2(A) Criminal Records Check
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CITY OF MERIDIAN ORDINANCE NO. 19-1820
BY THE CITY COUNCIL: BERNT, BORTON, CAVENER,
LITTLE ROBERTS, MILAM, PALMER
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING MERIDIAN CITY CODE SECTION 3-1-2(A), REGARDING
AUTHORIZATION OF FBI NATIONAL CRIMINAL HISTORY RECORDS CHECKS FOR
VEHICLE IMMOBILIZATION LICENSE APPLICANTS; ADOPTING A SAVINGS CLAUSE;
AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHEREAS, pursuant to ordinance, the City of Meridian requires fingerprinting of applicants or
licensees as a condition of issuing certain City licenses, and is therefore authorized by Idaho Code section
67-3008 to submit fingerprints to the Idaho State Police (“ISP”)’s Bureau of Criminal Identification for
examination, and pursuant to Idaho Code section 67-3008 and Public Law 92-544 to further submit
fingerprints, if necessary, through ISP, to the Federal Bureau of Investigation for examination;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF MERIDIAN, IDAHO:
Section 1. That Title 3, Chapter 1, Section 2, Meridian City Code, shall be amended as follows:
3-1-2: AUTHORIZATION OF FBI NATIONAL CRIMINAL HISTORY RECORDS CHECKS:
A. Determine suitability of applicant. In order to determine an applicant’s suitability for the
following licenses, the City Clerk, and/or City Clerk’s designee, shall require the applicant to, and
the applicant shall, furnish to the Idaho State Police a full set of fingerprints:
1. Mobile sales unit license;
2. Pawnbroker license;
3. Pawnbroker license with precious metal endorsement; and
4. Precious metal dealer license.; and
5. Vehicle immobilization license.
The City Clerk and/or designee shall have the Idaho State Police or the Federal Bureau of
Investigation perform a criminal background investigation.
B. Applicant consent required. The City Clerk, and/or City Clerk’s designee, shall obtain the
written consent of the applicant for the criminal background investigation and if the applicant does
not execute the consent, the application shall be denied.
C. Authorization of FBI National Criminal History Records Checks. The City Clerk, and/or City
Clerk’s designee, shall require an applicant for a City license to provide information and
fingerprints necessary to obtain criminal history information from the Idaho State Police and the
Federal Bureau of Investigation. Pursuant to section 67-3008, Idaho Code, and congressional
enactment Public Law 92-544, the City Clerk and/or City Clerk’s designee, may require the
applicant to submit a set of fingerprints for a City license and the required fees to the Idaho State
Police, Bureau of Criminal Identification, for a criminal records check of state and national
databases. The submission of fingerprints and information required by this section shall be on
forms prescribed by the Idaho State Police. The Meridian Police Department is authorized to
receive criminal history information from the Idaho State Police and from the Federal Bureau of
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Investigation for the purpose of evaluating the fitness of applicants for City license, and the
Meridian Police Department shall recommend approval and/or denial of the application based on
this information and relay that recommendation to the City Clerk's Office. As required by state
and federal law, further dissemination or other use of the criminal history information is
prohibited.
D. No amendment without FBI approval. This section shall not be amended without prior written
approval from the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
Section 2. That all ordinances, resolutions, orders, or parts thereof or in conflict with this
ordinance are hereby void.
Section 3. That this ordinance shall be effective immediately upon its passage and publication.
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PASSED by the City Council of the City of Meridian, Idaho, this 2! day of k, 2019.
APPROVED by the Mayor of the City of Meridian, Idaho, thisV day of 52019.
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NOTICE AND PUBLISHED SUMMARY
OF ORDINANCE PURSUANT TO I.C. § 50-901(A)
CITY OF MERIDIAN ORDINANCE NO. 19-1820
An ordinance amending Meridian City Code section 3-1-2, regarding authorization of FBI national
criminal history records checks for vehicle immobilization license applicants; adopting a savings clause;
and providing an effective date. A full text of this ordinance is available for inspection at Meridian City
Hall, 33 E. Broadway Avenue, Meridian, Idaho. This ordinance shall be effective upon its passage and
publication.
First Reading: ()�A -02- - 2-0 1 �
Adopted after first reading by suspension of the rule
t as allowed pursuant to Idaho Code
City o Merl ian § 50-902: YES NO
Mayor and City Council Second Reading:
i#: C.Jay Coles, City Clerk Third Reading:
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ATEMENT OF MERIDIAN CITY ATTORNEY AS TO
ADEQUACY OF SUMMARY OF ORDINANCE NO. 19-1820
The undersigned, William L.M. Nary, City Attorney of the City of Meridian, Idaho, hereby certifies that
he is the legal advisor of the City and has reviewed this summary, and has found the same to be true and
complete and provides adequate notice to the public pursuant to Idaho Code § 50-901A(3).
DATED this day of '2019.
William L.M. Nary, City Attorney
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AFFIDAVIT OF PUBLICATION
STATE OF IDAHO )
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County of Ada )
Sharon Jessen
of Nampa, Canyon County, Idaho, being
first duly sworn, deposes and says:
1. That I am a citizen of the United States,
and at all times hereinafter mentioned
was over the age of eighteen years, and
not a party to the above entitled action.
2. That I am the Principle Clerk of the
Meridian Press, a weekly newspaper
published in the City of Meridian, in the
County of Ada, State of Idaho; that
the said newspaper is in general
circulation in the said County of
Ada, and in the vicinity of
Meridian, and has been
uninterruptedly published in said
County during a period of seventy-eight
consecutive weeks prior to the first
publication of this notice, a copy of
which is hereto attached.
3. That the notice, of which the annexed is
a printed copy, was published in said
newspaper 1 time(s) in the regular and
entire issue of said paper, and was
printed in the newspaper proper, and not
in a supplement.
That said notice was published the following;
04/12/2019
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County of Canyon)
On this 12th day of April in the year of
2019 before me a Notary Public, personally appeared.
Sharon Jessen, known or identified
to me to be the person whose name is subscribed
to the within instrument, and being by me first
duly sworn, declared that the statements therein
are true, and acknowledge to me that he/she
exec e same.
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