Section 41-9-590
Definitions.
When used in this article, the following terms shall have the following meanings, respectively, unless the context clearly indicates a different meaning:
(1) AJIC or COMMISSION. The Alabama Justice Information Commission.
(2) ALEA. The Alabama State Law Enforcement Agency.
(3) CRIMINAL JUSTICE AGENCIES. Federal, state, local, and tribal public agencies that perform substantial activities or planning for activities relating to the identification, apprehension, prosecution, adjudication, or rehabilitation of civil, traffic, and criminal offenders.
(4) CRIMINAL JUSTICE INFORMATION. Data necessary for criminal justice agencies to perform their duties and enforce existing law. This term includes biometric, identity history, person, organization, property, when accompanied by any personally identifiable information, case/incident history data, and any other data deemed criminal justice information by the FBI CJIS Security Policy. The term also includes ALEA-provided or FBI CJIS-provided data necessary to make hiring decisions.
(5) CRIMINAL JUSTICE INFORMATION SERVICES DIVISION or FBI CJIS. The division of the Federal Bureau of Investigation that equips law enforcement, national security, and intelligence community partners with needed criminal justice information.
(6) INFORMATION SYSTEM. A system of people, data, and processes, whether manual or automated, established for the purpose of managing information.
(7) NLETS. Network provider for exchange of criminal justice information among multiple state, federal, and international criminal justice agencies.
(8) NLETS SYSTEM AGENCY or NSA. The agency responsible for the administration of the NLETS network within this state.
(9) OFFENSE. Any act that is a felony, misdemeanor, state violation, municipal ordinance violation, or violation, or an act of delinquency.
(10) SECRETARY. The Secretary of the Alabama State Law Enforcement Agency.
(11) SBI. The State Bureau of Investigation.
(12) USER AGENCY. Any agency or entity that subscribes to, accesses, or views any ALEA information system or service provided under the authority of this article.
(Acts 1975, No. 872, §1; Act 2019-495, §1.)