The Commissioner of Revenue Services shall, subject to the provisions of § 31-51i, require each applicant for a position of employment with, each employee applying for transfer to and, at least once every ten years, each current employee of, the Department of Revenue Services, to (1) state in writing whether such applicant or employee has ever been convicted of a crime or whether criminal charges are pending against such applicant or employee and, if so, to identify the charges and court in which such charges are pending, and (2) be fingerprinted and submit to state and national criminal history records checks. The criminal history records checks required by this section shall be conducted in accordance with § 29-17a.