The Committee on Ways and Means proposes the following amendment (LC-577.DG0002H):

Amend the bill, as and if amended, by adding an appropriately numbered SECTION to read:

SECTION X. Section 12-2-140 (A) and (B) of the S.C. Code is amended to read:

 (A) Each state agency and each political subdivision of the State, is authorized, as necessary to comply with Internal Revenue Service Publication 1075, including amendments thereto and publications replacing Publication 1075, to obtain state and national criminal history background checks and investigations performed by the State Law Enforcement Division and the Federal Bureau of Investigation on all applicants, prospective employees, employees, subcontractors, and contractors with access to federal tax information. The State Law Enforcement Division is authorized to conduct fingerprint-based state and national background checks for state agencies, state institutions, and political subdivisions of the State which have access to federal tax information in order to comply with Publication 1075.
 (B) An applicant, prospective employee, employee, subcontractor, or contractor of a state agency or a political subdivision of the State with access to or that uses federal tax information must:
  (1) agree to a national background check and the release of all investigative records to the applicable state agency or political subdivision for the purpose of verifying criminal history information for noncriminal justice purposes; and
  (2) supply a fingerprint sample and submit to a state criminal history background check and investigation to be conducted by the State Law Enforcement Division, and then submit to a national criminal history background check to be conducted by the Federal Bureau of Investigation.