SENATE BILL NO. 81                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
     "An Act requiring  background investigations of village                                                                    
     public safety  officer applicants by the  Department of                                                                    
     Public Safety;  relating to  the village  public safety                                                                    
     officer program; and providing for an effective date."                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
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Co-Chair Bishop  relayed that it  was the third  hearing for                                                                    
SB 81. The committee had  heard public testimony on February                                                                    
28,  2022.  The committees   intention  was  to consider  an                                                                    
amendment, cover fiscal  notes, and look to the  will of the                                                                    
committee.                                                                                                                      
                                                                                                                                
Olson   MOVED  to   WITHDRAW  Amendment   1,  32-LS0362\I.17                                                                    
(Radford,  3/21/22). There  being  NO OBJECTION,  it was  so                                                                    
ordered. [Secretary's  note: A MOTION to  ADOPT Amendment 1,                                                                    
and  an OBJECTION  to the  motion to  ADOPT Amendment  1 was                                                                    
made on March 21, 2022.]                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                
Senator Wielechowski  discussed FN 3, OMB  Component 3200, a                                                                    
zero  fiscal  note  from the  Department  of  Public  Safety                                                                    
(DPS).  The bill  authorized fingerprint  submission to  DPS                                                                    
for  state national  criminal  background  checks. He  cited                                                                    
that DPS  anticipated being to absorb  the additional duties                                                                    
with existing staff.                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
Senator  Wielechowski discussed  FN 4,  OMB Component  3047,                                                                    
from  DPS  for  the  Village Public  Safety  Officer  (VPSO)                                                                    
Program. The fiscal note cited a  cost of $122,200 in FY 23,                                                                    
and $107,300 in FY 24 going  forward, and would fund a long-                                                                    
term  non-permanent  position  that  would  be  required  to                                                                    
conduct  background investigations  for  an  annual cost  of                                                                    
$100,900. The bill also required  successful completion of a                                                                    
psychological examination for a  VPSO to carry firearms. The                                                                    
cost for 50 VPSOs to  receive psychological testing in FY 23                                                                    
was  estimated to  be  $425 per  person,  or $21,250.  Going                                                                    
forward, there was  a cost of $6,375 based on  an average of                                                                    
15 new VPSOs per year.                                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                
Senator Olson MOVED to report  CSSB 81(CRA) out of Committee                                                                    
with individual recommendations  and the accompanying fiscal                                                                    
notes. There being NO OBJECTION, it was so ordered.                                                                             
                                                                                                                                
CSSB  81(CRA) was  REPORTED out  of committee  with six  "do                                                                    
pass"   recommendations   and    one   "no   recommendation"                                                                    
recommendation  and  with  two previously  published  fiscal                                                                    
notes: FN 3(DPS) and FN 4(DPS).                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                
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