(a) The Vermont general assembly hereby approves and ratifies the National Crime Prevention and Privacy Compact, 42 U.S.C. sections 14611-14616. The compact shall remain in effect until legislation is enacted renouncing or rescinding the compact.

(b) The commissioner of the department of public safety shall execute, administer, and implement the compact on behalf of the state, and may adopt rules as necessary for the national exchange of criminal history records for noncriminal justice purposes.

(c) Criminal history records as defined in subdivision 2056a(a)(1) of this title shall be made available to lawfully entitled requestors in other states according to the provisions of the National Crime Prevention and Privacy Compact.

(d) Nothing in this section shall alter the duties and responsibilities of the commissioner of the department of public safety regarding the dissemination of criminal history records within the state of Vermont pursuant to statute. (Added 2009, No. 108 (Adj. Sess.), § 1.)