[§78-2.5] Arrest record. No applicant for employment by the State or any political subdivision or agency thereof shall be required to answer, either orally or in writing, as a condition precedent to employment, whether or not the applicant has been arrested; provided that this shall not preclude any question concerning any conviction of a crime or the arrest and other circumstances pertaining to the conviction. [L 1970, c 27, §1; gen ch 1985]