{"data":{"id":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-74-74-150.9b","jurisdiction":"us-ok","citation":"Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-150.9b","heading":"National Crime Prevention and Privacy Compact","body":"The following National Crime Prevention and Privacy Compact is\n\nhereby ratified, enacted, entered into and given force of law by the\n\nState of Oklahoma:\n\nNATIONAL CRIME PREVENTION AND PRIVACY COMPACT\n\nOverview\n\nARTICLE I—DEFINITIONS\n\nARTICLE II—PURPOSES\n\nARTICLE III—RESPONSIBILITIES OF COMPACT PARTIES\n\nARTICLE IV—AUTHORIZED RECORD DISCLOSURES\n\nARTICLE V—RECORD REQUEST PROCEDURES\n\nARTICLE VI—ESTABLISHMENT OF COMPACT COUNCIL\n\nARTICLE VII—RATIFICATION OF COMPACT\n\nARTICLE VIII—MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS\n\nARTICLE IX—RENUNCIATION\n\nARTICLE X—SEVERABILITY\n\nARTICLE XI—ADJUDICATION OF DISPUTES\n\nThe Contracting parties agree to the following:\n\nOverview\n\na. In General.—This Compact organizes an electronic information\n\nsharing system among the Federal Government and the States to\n\nexchange criminal history records for noncriminal justice purposes\n\nauthorized by Federal or State law, such as background checks for\n\ngovernmental licensing and employment.\n\nb. Obligations of Parties.—Under this Compact, the FBI and the\n\nParty States agree to maintain detailed databases of their\n\nrespective criminal history records, including arrests and\n\ndispositions, and to make them available to the Federal Government\n\nand to Party States for authorized purposes. The FBI shall also\n\nmanage the Federal data facilities that provide a significant part\n\nof the infrastructure for the system.\n\nARTICLE I—DEFINITIONS\n\nIn this Compact:\n\n1. Attorney General.—The term “Attorney General” means the\n\nAttorney General of the United States.\n\n2. Compact officer.—The term “Compact officer” means—\n\nA. with respect to the Federal Government, an official so\n\ndesignated by the Director of the FBI; and\n\nB. with respect to a Party State, the chief administrator\n\nof the State’s criminal history record repository or a\n\ndesignee of the chief administrator who is a regular\n\nfull-time employee of the repository.\n\n3. Council.—The term “Council” means the Compact Council\n\nestablished under Article VI.\n\n4. Criminal history records.—The term “criminal history\n\nrecords”—\n\nA. means information collected by criminal justice\n\nagencies on individuals consisting of identifiable\n\ndescriptions and notations of arrests, detentions,\n\nindictments, or other formal criminal charges, and any\n\ndisposition arising therefrom, including acquittal,\n\nsentencing, correctional supervision, or release; and\n\nB. does not include identification information such as\n\nfingerprint records if such information does not\n\nindicate involvement of the individual with the\n\ncriminal justice system.\n\n5. Criminal history record repository.—The term “criminal\n\nhistory record repository” means the State agency designated by the\n\nGovernor or other appropriate executive official or the legislature\n\nof a State to perform centralized recordkeeping functions for\n\ncriminal history records and services in the State.\n\n6. Criminal justice.—The term “criminal justice” includes\n\nactivities relating to the detection, apprehension, detention,\n\npretrial release, post-trial release, prosecution, adjudication,\n\ncorrectional supervision, or rehabilitation of accused persons or\n\ncriminal offenders. The administration of criminal justice includes\n\ncriminal identification activities and the collection, storage, and\n\ndissemination of criminal history records.\n\n7. Criminal justice agency.—The term “criminal justice agency”—\n\nA. means—\n\ni. courts; and\n\nii. a governmental agency or any subunit thereof\n\nthat—\n\nI. performs the administration of criminal\n\njustice pursuant to a statute or Executive\n\norder; and\n\nII. allocates a substantial part of its annual\n\nbudget to the administration of criminal\n\njustice; and\n\nB. includes Federal and State inspectors general offices.\n\n8. Criminal justice services.—The term “criminal justice\n\nservices” means services provided by the FBI to criminal justice\nhereof\n\nthat—\n\nI. performs the administration of criminal\n\njustice pursuant to a statute or Executive\n\norder; and\n\nII. allocates a substantial part of its annual\n\nbudget to the administration of criminal\n\njustice; and\n\nB. includes Federal and State inspectors general offices.\n\n8. Criminal justice services.—The term “criminal justice\n\nservices” means services provided by the FBI to criminal justice\n\nagencies in response to a request for information about a particular\n\nindividual or as an update to information previously provided for\n\ncriminal justice purposes.\n\n9. Criterion offense.—The term “criterion offense” means any\n\nfelony or misdemeanor offense not included on the list of nonserious\n\noffenses published periodically by the FBI.\n\n10. Direct access.—The term “direct access” means access to the\n\nNational Identification Index by computer terminal or other\n\nautomated means not requiring the assistance of or intervention by\n\nany other party or agency.\n\n11. Executive order.—The term “Executive order” means an order\n\nof the President of the United States or the chief executive officer\n\nof a State that has the force of law and that is promulgated in\n\naccordance with applicable law.\n\n12. FBI.—The term “FBI” means the Federal Bureau of\n\nInvestigation.\n\n13. Interstate identification system.—The term “Interstate\n\nIdentification Index System” or “III System”—\n\nA. means the cooperative Federal-State system for the\n\nexchange of criminal history records; and\n\nB. includes the National Identification Index, the\n\nNational Fingerprint File and, to the extent of their\n\nparticipation in such system, the criminal history\n\nrecord repositories of the States and the FBI.\n\n14. National fingerprint file.—The term “National Fingerprint\n\nFile” means a database of fingerprints, or other uniquely personal\n\nidentifying information, relating to an arrested or charged\n\nindividual maintained by the FBI to provide positive identification\n\nof record subjects indexed in the III System.\n\n15. National identification index.—The term “National\n\nIdentification Index” means an index maintained by the FBI\n\nconsisting of names, identifying numbers, and other descriptive\n\ninformation relating to record subjects about whom there are\n\ncriminal history records in the III System.\n\n16. National indices.—The term “National indices” means the\n\nNational Identification Index and the National Fingerprint File.\n\n17. Nonparty state.—The term “Nonparty State” means a State\n\nthat has not ratified this Compact.\n\n18. Noncriminal justice purposes.—The term “noncriminal justice\n\npurposes” means uses of criminal history records for purposes\n\nauthorized by Federal or State law other than purposes relating to\n\ncriminal justice activities, including employment suitability,\n\nlicensing determinations, immigration and naturalization matters,\n\nand national security clearances.\n\n19. Party state.—The term “Party State” means a State that has\n\nratified this Compact.\n\n20. Positive identification.—The term “positive identification”\n\nmeans a determination, based upon a comparison of fingerprints or\n\nother equally reliable biometric identification techniques, that the\n\nsubject of a record search is the same person as the subject of a\n\ncriminal history record or records indexed in the III System.\n\nIdentifications based solely upon a comparison of subjects’ names or\n\nother nonunique identification characteristics or numbers, or\n\ncombinations thereof, shall not constitute positive identification.\n\n21. Sealed record information.—The term “sealed record\n\ninformation” means—\n\nA. with respect to adults, that portion of a record that\n\nis—\n\ni. not available for criminal justice uses;\n\nii. not supported by fingerprints or other accepted\n\nmeans of positive identification; or\n\niii. subject to restrictions on dissemination for\n\nnoncriminal justice purposes pursuant to a court\n\norder related to a particular subject or pursuant\nion.—The term “sealed record\n\ninformation” means—\n\nA. with respect to adults, that portion of a record that\n\nis—\n\ni. not available for criminal justice uses;\n\nii. not supported by fingerprints or other accepted\n\nmeans of positive identification; or\n\niii. subject to restrictions on dissemination for\n\nnoncriminal justice purposes pursuant to a court\n\norder related to a particular subject or pursuant\n\nto a Federal or State statute that requires\n\naction on a sealing petition filed by a\n\nparticular record subject; and\n\nB. with respect to juveniles, whatever each State\n\ndetermines is a sealed record under its own law and\n\nprocedure.\n\n22. State.—The term “State” means any State, territory, or\n\npossession of the United States, the District of Columbia, and the\n\nCommonwealth of Puerto Rico.\n\nARTICLE II—PURPOSES\n\nThe purposes of this Compact are to—\n\n1. Provide a legal framework for the establishment of a\n\ncooperative Federal-State system for the interstate and Federal-\n\nState exchange of criminal history records for noncriminal justice\n\nuses;\n\n2. Require the FBI to permit use of the National Identification\n\nIndex and the National Fingerprint File by each Party State, and to\n\nprovide, in a timely fashion, Federal and State criminal history\n\nrecords to requesting States, in accordance with the terms of this\n\nCompact and with rules, procedures, and standards established by the\n\nCouncil under Article VI;\n\n3. Require Party States to provide information and records for\n\nthe National Identification Index and the National Fingerprint File\n\nand to provide criminal history records, in a timely fashion, to\n\ncriminal history record repositories of other States and the Federal\n\nGovernment for noncriminal justice purposes, in accordance with the\n\nterms of this Compact and with rules, procedures, and standards\n\nestablished by the Council under Article VI;\n\n4. Provide for the establishment of a Council to monitor III\n\nSystem operations and to prescribe system rules and procedures for\n\nthe effective and proper operation of the III System for noncriminal\n\njustice purposes; and\n\n5. Require the FBI and each Party State to adhere to III System\n\nstandards concerning record dissemination and use, response times,\n\nsystem security, data quality, and other duly established standards,\n\nincluding those that enhance the accuracy and privacy of such\n\nrecords.\n\nARTICLE III—RESPONSIBILITIES OF COMPACT PARTIES\n\na. FBI Responsibilities.—The Director of the FBI shall—\n\n1. appoint an FBI Compact officer who shall—\n\nA. administer this Compact within the Department of\n\nJustice and among Federal agencies and other agencies\n\nand organizations that submit search requests to the\n\nFBI pursuant to Article V(c);\n\nB. ensure that Compact provisions and rules, procedures,\n\nand standards prescribed by the Council under Article\n\nVI are complied with by the Department of Justice and\n\nthe Federal agencies and other agencies and\n\norganizations referred to in Article III(1)(A); and\n\nC. regulate the use of records received by means of the\n\nIII System from Party States when such records are\n\nsupplied by the FBI directly to other Federal\n\nagencies;\n\n2. provide to Federal agencies and to State criminal history\n\nrecord repositories, criminal history records maintained in its\n\ndatabase for the noncriminal justice purposes described in Article\n\nIV, including—\n\nA. information from Nonparty States; and\n\nB. information from Party States that is available from\n\nthe FBI through the III System but is not available\n\nfrom the Party State through the III System;\n\n3. provide a telecommunications network and maintain\n\ncentralized facilities for the exchange of criminal history records\n\nfor both criminal justice purposes and the noncriminal justice\n\npurposes described in Article IV, and ensure that the exchange of\n\nsuch records for criminal justice purposes has priority over\ngh the III System but is not available\n\nfrom the Party State through the III System;\n\n3. provide a telecommunications network and maintain\n\ncentralized facilities for the exchange of criminal history records\n\nfor both criminal justice purposes and the noncriminal justice\n\npurposes described in Article IV, and ensure that the exchange of\n\nsuch records for criminal justice purposes has priority over\n\nexchange for noncriminal justice purposes; and\n\n4. modify or enter into user agreements with Nonparty State\n\ncriminal history record repositories to require them to establish\n\nrecord request procedures conforming to those prescribed in Article\n\nV.\n\nb. State Responsibilities.—Each Party State shall—\n\n1. appoint a Compact officer who shall—\n\nA. administer this Compact within that State;\n\nB. ensure that Compact provisions and rules, procedures,\n\nand standards established by the Council under Article\n\nVI are complied with in the State; and\n\nC. regulate the in-State use of records received by means\n\nof the III System from the FBI or from other Party\n\nStates;\n\n2. establish and maintain a criminal history record repository,\n\nwhich shall provide—\n\nA. information and records for the National\n\nIdentification Index and the National Fingerprint\n\nFile; and\n\nB. the State’s III System-indexed criminal history\n\nrecords for noncriminal justice purposes described in\n\nArticle IV;\n\n3. participate in the National Fingerprint File; and\n\n4. provide and maintain telecommunications links and related\n\nequipment necessary to support the services set forth in this\n\nCompact.\n\nc. Compliance With III System Standards.—In carrying out their\n\nresponsibilities under this Compact, the FBI and each Party State\n\nshall comply with III System rules, procedures, and standards duly\n\nestablished by the Council concerning record dissemination and use,\n\nresponse times, data quality, system security, accuracy, privacy\n\nprotection, and other aspects of III System operation.\n\nd. Maintenance of Record Services.—\n\n1. use of the III System for noncriminal justice purposes\n\nauthorized in this Compact shall be managed so as not to diminish\n\nthe level of services provided in support of criminal justice\n\npurposes.\n\n2. administration of Compact provisions shall not reduce the\n\nlevel of service available to authorized noncriminal justice users\n\non the effective date of this Compact.\n\nARTICLE IV—AUTHORIZED RECORD DISCLOSURES\n\na. State Criminal History Record Repositories.—To the extent\n\nauthorized by Section 552a of Title 5, United States Code (commonly\n\nknown as the “Privacy Act of 1974”), the FBI shall provide on\n\nrequest criminal history records (excluding sealed records) to State\n\ncriminal history record repositories for noncriminal justice\n\npurposes allowed by Federal statute, Federal Executive order, or a\n\nState statute that has been approved by the Attorney General and\n\nthat authorizes national indices checks.\n\nb. Criminal Justice Agencies and Other Governmental or\n\nNongovernmental Agencies.—The FBI, to the extent authorized by\n\nSection 552a of Title 5, United States Code (commonly known as the\n\n“Privacy Act of 1974”), and State criminal history record\n\nrepositories shall provide criminal history records (excluding\n\nsealed records) to criminal justice agencies and other governmental\n\nor nongovernmental agencies for noncriminal justice purposes allowed\n\nby Federal statute, Federal Executive order, or a State statute that\n\nhas been approved by the Attorney General, that authorizes national\n\nindices checks.\n\nc. Procedures.—Any record obtained under this Compact may be\n\nused only for the official purposes for which the record was\n\nrequested. Each Compact officer shall establish procedures,\n\nconsistent with this Compact, and with rules, procedures, and\n\nstandards established by the Council under Article VI, which\n\nprocedures shall protect the accuracy and privacy of the records,\n\nand shall—\nces checks.\n\nc. Procedures.—Any record obtained under this Compact may be\n\nused only for the official purposes for which the record was\n\nrequested. Each Compact officer shall establish procedures,\n\nconsistent with this Compact, and with rules, procedures, and\n\nstandards established by the Council under Article VI, which\n\nprocedures shall protect the accuracy and privacy of the records,\n\nand shall—\n\n1. ensure that records obtained under this Compact are used\n\nonly by authorized officials for authorized purposes;\n\n2. require that subsequent record checks are requested to\n\nobtain current information whenever a new need arises; and\n\n3. ensure that record entries that may not legally be used for\n\na particular noncriminal justice purpose are deleted from the\n\nresponse and, if no information authorized for release remains, an\n\nappropriate “no record” response is communicated to the requesting\n\nofficial.\n\nARTICLE V—RECORD REQUEST PROCEDURES\n\na. Positive Identification.—Subject fingerprints or other\n\napproved forms of positive identification shall be submitted with\n\nall requests for criminal history record checks for noncriminal\n\njustice purposes.\n\nb. Submission of State Requests.—Each request for a criminal\n\nhistory record check utilizing the national indices made under any\n\napproved State statute shall be submitted through that State’s\n\ncriminal history record repository. A State criminal history record\n\nrepository shall process an interstate request for noncriminal\n\njustice purposes through the national indices only if such request\n\nis transmitted through another State criminal history record\n\nrepository or the FBI.\n\nc. Submission of Federal Requests.—Each request for criminal\n\nhistory record checks utilizing the national indices made under\n\nFederal authority shall be submitted through the FBI or, if the\n\nState criminal history record repository consents to process\n\nfingerprint submissions, through the criminal history record\n\nrepository in the State in which such request originated. Direct\n\naccess to the National Identification Index by entities other than\n\nthe FBI and State criminal history records repositories shall not be\n\npermitted for noncriminal justice purposes.\n\nd. Fees.—A State criminal history record repository or the FBI-\n\n1. may charge a fee, in accordance with applicable law, for\n\nhandling a request involving fingerprint processing for noncriminal\n\njustice purposes; and\n\n2. may not charge a fee for providing criminal history records\n\nin response to an electronic request for a record that does not\n\ninvolve a request to process fingerprints.\n\ne. Additional Search.—\n\n1. If a State criminal history record repository cannot\n\npositively identify the subject of a record request made for\n\nnoncriminal justice purposes, the request, together with\n\nfingerprints or other approved identifying information, shall be\n\nforwarded to the FBI for a search of the national indices.\n\n2. If, with respect to a request forwarded by a State criminal\n\nhistory record repository under paragraph 1 of this section, the FBI\n\npositively identifies the subject as having a III System-indexed\n\nrecord or records—\n\nA. the FBI shall so advise the State criminal history\n\nrecord repository; and\n\nB. the State criminal history record repository shall be\n\nentitled to obtain the additional criminal history\n\nrecord information from the FBI or other State\n\ncriminal history record repositories.\n\nARTICLE VI—ESTABLISHMENT OF COMPACT COUNCIL\n\na. Establishment.—\n\n1. In general.—There is established a council to be known as\n\nthe “Compact Council”, which shall have the authority to promulgate\n\nrules and procedures governing the use of the III System for\n\nnoncriminal justice purposes, not to conflict with FBI\n\nadministration of the III System for criminal justice purposes.\n\n2. Organization.—The Council shall—\n\nA. continue in existence as long as this Compact remains\n\nin effect;\ne is established a council to be known as\n\nthe “Compact Council”, which shall have the authority to promulgate\n\nrules and procedures governing the use of the III System for\n\nnoncriminal justice purposes, not to conflict with FBI\n\nadministration of the III System for criminal justice purposes.\n\n2. Organization.—The Council shall—\n\nA. continue in existence as long as this Compact remains\n\nin effect;\n\nB. be located, for administrative purposes, within the\n\nFBI; and\n\nC. be organized and hold its first meeting as soon as\n\npracticable after the effective date of this Compact.\n\nb. Membership.—The Council shall be composed of fifteen (15)\n\nmembers, each of whom shall be appointed by the Attorney General, as\n\nfollows:\n\n1. Nine members, each of whom shall serve a 2-year term, who\n\nshall be selected from among the Compact officers of Party States\n\nbased on the recommendation of the Compact officers of all Party\n\nStates, except that, in the absence of the requisite number of\n\nCompact officers available to serve, the chief administrators of the\n\ncriminal history record repositories of Nonparty States shall be\n\neligible to serve on an interim basis.\n\n2. Two at-large members, nominated by the Director of the FBI,\n\neach of whom shall serve a 3-year term, of whom-\n\nA. one shall be a representative of the criminal justice\n\nagencies of the Federal Government and may not be an\n\nemployee of the FBI; and\n\nB. one shall be a representative of the noncriminal\n\njustice agencies of the Federal Government.\n\n3. Two at-large members, nominated by the Chairman of the\n\nCouncil, once the Chairman is elected pursuant to Article VI(c),\n\neach of whom shall serve a 3-year term, of whom—\n\nA. one shall be a representative of State or local\n\ncriminal justice agencies; and\n\nB. one shall be a representative of State or local\n\nnoncriminal justice agencies.\n\n4. One member, who shall serve a 3-year term, and who shall\n\nsimultaneously be a member of the FBI’s advisory policy board on\n\ncriminal justice information services, nominated by the membership\n\nof that policy board.\n\n5. One member, nominated by the Director of the FBI, who shall\n\nserve a 3-year term, and who shall be an employee of the FBI.\n\nc. Chairman and Vice Chairman.—\n\n1. In general.—From its membership, the Council shall elect a\n\nChairman and a Vice Chairman of the Council, respectively. Both the\n\nChairman and Vice Chairman of the Council—\n\nA. shall be a Compact officer, unless there is no Compact\n\nofficer on the Council who is willing to serve, in\n\nwhich case the Chairman may be an at-large member; and\n\nB. shall serve a 2-year term and may be reelected to only\n\none additional 2-year term.\n\n2. Duties of vice chairman.—The Vice Chairman of the Council\n\nshall serve as the Chairman of the Council in the absence of the\n\nChairman.\n\nd. Meetings.—\n\n1. In general.—The Council shall meet at least once each year\n\nat the call of the Chairman. Each meeting of the Council shall be\n\nopen to the public. The Council shall provide prior public notice\n\nin the Federal Register of each meeting of the Council, including\n\nthe matters to be addressed at such meeting.\n\n2. Quorum.—A majority of the Council or any committee of the\n\nCouncil shall constitute a quorum of the Council or of such\n\ncommittee, respectively, for the conduct of business. A lesser\n\nnumber may meet to hold hearings, take testimony, or conduct any\n\nbusiness not requiring a vote.\n\ne. Rules, Procedures, and Standards.—The Council shall make\n\navailable for public inspection and copying at the Council office\n\nwithin the FBI, and shall publish in the Federal Register, any\n\nrules, procedures, or standards established by the Council.\n\nf. Assistance From FBI.—The Council may request from the FBI\n\nsuch reports, studies, statistics, or other information or materials\n\nas the Council determines to be necessary to enable the Council to\nall make\n\navailable for public inspection and copying at the Council office\n\nwithin the FBI, and shall publish in the Federal Register, any\n\nrules, procedures, or standards established by the Council.\n\nf. Assistance From FBI.—The Council may request from the FBI\n\nsuch reports, studies, statistics, or other information or materials\n\nas the Council determines to be necessary to enable the Council to\n\nperform its duties under this Compact. The FBI, to the extent\n\nauthorized by law, may provide such assistance or information upon\n\nsuch a request.\n\ng. Committees.—The Chairman may establish committees as\n\nnecessary to carry out this Compact and may prescribe their\n\nmembership, responsibilities, and duration.\n\nARTICLE VII—RATIFICATION OF COMPACT\n\nThis Compact shall take effect upon being entered into by two or\n\nmore States as between those States and the Federal Government.\n\nUpon subsequent entering into this Compact by additional States, it\n\nshall become effective among those States and the Federal Government\n\nand each Party State that has previously ratified it. When\n\nratified, this Compact shall have the full force and effect of law\n\nwithin the ratifying jurisdictions. The form of ratification shall\n\nbe in accordance with the laws of the executing State.\n\nARTICLE VIII—MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS\n\na. Relation of Compact to Certain FBI Activities.—\n\nAdministration of the Compact shall not interfere with the\n\nmanagement and control of the Director of the FBI over the FBI’s\n\ncollection and dissemination of criminal history records and the\n\nadvisory function of the FBI’s advisory policy board chartered under\n\nthe Federal Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C. App.) for all purposes\n\nother than noncriminal justice.\n\nb. No Authority for Nonappropriated Expenditures.—Nothing in\n\nthis Compact shall require the FBI to obligate or expend funds\n\nbeyond those appropriated to the FBI.\n\nc. Relating to Public Law 92-544.-Nothing in this compact shall\n\ndiminish or lessen the obligations, responsibilities, and\n\nauthorities of any State, whether a Party State or a Nonparty State,\n\nor of any criminal history record repository or other subdivision or\n\ncomponent thereof, under the Departments of State, Justice, and\n\nCommerce, the Judiciary, and Related Agencies Appropriation Act,\n\n1973 (Public Law 92-544), or regulations and guidelines promulgated\n\nthereunder, including the rules and procedures promulgated by the\n\nCouncil under Article VI(a), regarding the use and dissemination of\n\ncriminal history records and information.\n\nARTICLE IX—RENUNCIATION\n\na. In General.—This Compact shall bind each Party State until\n\nrenounced by the Party State.\n\nb. Effect.—Any renunciation of this Compact by a Party State\n\nshall—\n\n1. be effected in the same manner by which the Party State\n\nratified this Compact; and\n\n2. become effective 180 days after written notice of\n\nrenunciation is provided by the Party State to each other Party\n\nState and to the Federal Government.\n\nARTICLE X—SEVERABILITY\n\nThe provisions of this Compact shall be severable, and if any\n\nphrase, clause, sentence, or provision of this Compact is declared\n\nto be contrary to the constitution of any participating State, or to\n\nthe Constitution of the United States, or the applicability thereof\n\nto any government, agency, person, or circumstance is held invalid,\n\nthe validity of the remainder of this Compact and the applicability\n\nthereof to any government, agency, person, or circumstance shall not\n\nbe affected thereby. If a portion of this Compact is held contrary\n\nto the constitution of any Party State, all other portions of this\n\nCompact shall remain in full force and effect as to the remaining\n\nParty States and in full force and effect as to the Party State\n\naffected, as to all other provisions.\n\nARTICLE XI—ADJUDICATION OF DISPUTES\n\na. In General.—The Council shall—\n\n1. have initial authority to make determinations with respect\n\nto any dispute regarding—\nto the constitution of any Party State, all other portions of this\n\nCompact shall remain in full force and effect as to the remaining\n\nParty States and in full force and effect as to the Party State\n\naffected, as to all other provisions.\n\nARTICLE XI—ADJUDICATION OF DISPUTES\n\na. In General.—The Council shall—\n\n1. have initial authority to make determinations with respect\n\nto any dispute regarding—\n\nA. interpretation of this Compact;\n\nB. any rule or standard established by the Council\n\npursuant to Article VI; and\n\nC. any dispute or controversy between any parties to this\n\nCompact; and\n\n2. hold a hearing concerning any dispute described in paragraph\n\n1 at a regularly scheduled meeting of the Council and only render a\n\ndecision based upon a majority vote of the members of the Council.\n\nSuch decision shall be published pursuant to the requirements of\n\nArticle VI(e).\n\nb. Duties of FBI.—The FBI shall exercise immediate and\n\nnecessary action to preserve the integrity of the III System,\n\nmaintain system policy and standards, protect the accuracy and\n\nprivacy of records, and to prevent abuses, until the Council holds a\n\nhearing on such matters.\n\nc. Right of Appeal.—The FBI or a Party State may appeal any\n\ndecision of the Council to the Attorney General, and thereafter may\n\nfile suit in the appropriate district court of the United States,\n\nwhich shall have original jurisdiction of all cases or controversies\n\narising under this Compact. Any suit arising under this Compact and\n\ninitiated in a State court shall be removed to the appropriate\n\ndistrict court of the United States in the manner provided by\n\nSection 1446 of Title 28, United States Code, or other statutory\n\nauthority.","path":["OK Code","Title 74"],"source_url":"https://www.oklegislature.gov/OK_Statutes/CompleteTitles/os74.pdf","current_through":"2026-08-14","vintage":"open-us-law v2026.08, retrieved 2026-09-14","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:32:36Z","sha256":"39a874fe1eb00e72fda8741958dd8b338f7c7f3f2d4f426bdb5e00a46cf1e645","source_id":"us-ok","stale":false,"prev":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-74-74-150.9a","next":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-74-74-151.1"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}