1. A criminal history data check prepayment fund is created in the state treasury under the control of the department for the purpose of allowing any non-law enforcement agency or person to deposit moneys as an advance on fees required to conduct criminal history data checks as provided in section 692.2.

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Terms Used In Iowa Code 692.2A

  • Criminal history data: means any or all of the following information maintained by the department or division in a manual or automated data storage system and individually identified:
  • Department: means the department of public safety. See Iowa Code 692.1
  • Fiscal year: The fiscal year is the accounting period for the government. For the federal government, this begins on October 1 and ends on September 30. The fiscal year is designated by the calendar year in which it ends; for example, fiscal year 2006 begins on October 1, 2005 and ends on September 30, 2006.
  • person: means individual, corporation, limited liability company, government or governmental subdivision or agency, business trust, estate, trust, partnership or association, or any other legal entity. See Iowa Code 4.1
  • state: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories, and the words "United States" may include the said district and territories. See Iowa Code 4.1
 2. The department shall adopt rules governing the fund, including the crediting of deposits made to the fund. Prepaid fees deposited in the fund are appropriated to the department for use as provided in section 692.2.
 3. Interest or earnings on moneys deposited in the fund shall not be credited to the fund or to the agency or person who deposited the money but shall be deposited in the general fund of the state as provided in section 12C.7. Notwithstanding section 8.33, moneys remaining in the criminal history data check prepayment fund at the end of a fiscal year shall not revert to the general fund of the state.