[§281-53.5]  County liquor commissions;criminal history record check.  (a)  The respective county liquorcommissions may request a criminal history record check of an applicant for aliquor license in accordance with section 846-2.7.  The criminal history recordcheck, at a minimum, shall require the applicant to disclose whether:

(1)  The applicant has been convicted in anyjurisdiction of a crime that would tend to indicate the applicant may beunsuited for obtaining a liquor license; and

(2)  The judgment of conviction has not been vacated.

For the purpose of this section, the criminalhistory disclosure made by the applicant may be verified by the liquorcommission by means of information obtained through the Hawaii criminal justicedata center.  The applicant shall provide the Hawaii criminal justice datacenter with personal identifying information which shall include but not belimited to the applicant's name, social security number, date of birth, andgender.  This information shall be secured only for the purpose of conductingthe criminal history record check authorized by this section.

(b)  The applicant shall submit to the liquorcommission:

(1)  A statement signed under penalty of law as towhether the applicant has ever been convicted of a crime other than a minortraffic violation;

(2)  Written consent to request and obtain criminalhistory record information for verification; and

(3)  Permission to be fingerprinted.

(c)  The liquor commission shall obtaincriminal history record information through the Hawaii criminal justice datacenter on the applicant.  The information obtained shall be used exclusivelyfor the stated purpose for which it was obtained and shall be subject toapplicable federal laws and regulations currently or hereafter in effect. [L2003, c 95, §3]