HomeMy Public PortalAbout1976_10_13_O019 Amending the TC re Employee Criminal HistoriesORDINANCE NO.
AN ORDINANCE:
TOWN OF LEESBURG
IN
LOUDOUN COUNTY, VIRGINIA
76-0-19
PRESENTED October lBt 1976
ADOPTED October 13~ 1976
REGARDING THE DISSEMINATION OF CRIMINAL HISTORY RECORD
INFORMATION FOR THE PURPOSE OF GENERAL INVESTIGATION OF
APPLICANTS FOR MUNICIPAL EMPLOYMENT.
BE IT ORDAINED by the Council of the Town of Leesburg, Virginia,
as follows:
SECTION I. That the Town Code is hereby amended by adding a
new section to be numbered Section 14-7, which shall read as follows:
Sec. 14-7.
Officers to provide record information of
applicants for municipal employment.
(a) As used in this section the words "criminal history
record information" shall mean records and data collected by
Criminal Justice Agencies on adult individuals consisting of
identifiable descriptions and notations of arrest, detentions,
indictments, informations, or other formal charges, and any
disposition arising therefrom. The term shall not include
juvenile record information which is controlled by Chapter 8,
of Title 16.1 of the Code of Virginia.
(b) The chief of police, police clerk and such other
police officers as the chief of police may designate are autho-
rized and directed to furnish criminal history record informat-
ion to individuals authorized by the town manager to perform
personnel functions, for use during general investigations of
applicants for employment by the municipality, to determine if
the past criminal conduct of such applicants is compatible with
the nature of the employment.
SECTION II. That an emergency exists and this ordinance shall
be in full force and effect from and after its passage.
PASSED this 13th day of
October
, 1976.
ATTEST: ~ff ~
Clerk of founcil
Mary Af~ne Newman, Mayor
Town of Leesburg