Senate committee substitute makes the following changes to the 3rd edition.

Amends the short and long titles.

Deletes all of the provisions of the previous edition and replaces them with the following.

Amends SL 2015-241, the Appropriations Act, adding new section 16A.9, prohibiting the allocation of $333,557 from budget code 23002 to the State Bureau of Investigation (SBI) to update the Statewide Automated Fingerprint Identification System (SAFIS). Provides that the Department of Public Safety (DPS) can use up to $3 million in over-realized receipts during the 2015-17 fiscal biennium for replacement of the SAFIS.

Amends GS 143B-930(a) to allow costs of storing and maintaining public information to be added to the fee to be charged by the DPS for the disbursement of information from the State Bureau of Investigation at the request of a citizen. 

Amends GS 15A-502(a2) and GS 15A-502(a4), as enacted by Section 11.(h) of SL 2015-195, to require arresting law enforcement agencies to submit fingerprints of those charged with the specified misdemeanor offenses only to the SBI (previously required the fingerprints and the offense to be submitted to the National Criminal Instant Background Check System and to the SBI). Effective October 1, 2015.

Amends GS 143B-911(a), as amended by Section 16A.7(f) of SL 2015-241, concerning the State Capitol Police, adding language that provides that the Chief, special officers, and employees of the State Capitol Police Section are not considered members of the State Highway Patrol.

Unless otherwise noted above, the act is effective on July 1, 2015.