S.B. No. 1599
AN ACT
relating to the disclosure of criminal history record information
to the Court Reporters Certification Board.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subsection (i), Section 411.081, Government
Code, is amended to read as follows:
(i) A criminal justice agency may disclose criminal history
record information that is the subject of an order of nondisclosure
to the following noncriminal justice agencies or entities only:
(1) the State Board for Educator Certification;
(2) a school district, charter school, private school,
regional education service center, commercial transportation
company, or education shared service arrangement;
(3) the Texas Medical Board;
(4) the Texas School for the Blind and Visually
Impaired;
(5) the Board of Law Examiners;
(6) the State Bar of Texas;
(7) a district court regarding a petition for name
change under Subchapter B, Chapter 45, Family Code;
(8) the Texas School for the Deaf;
(9) the Department of Family and Protective Services;
(10) the Texas Youth Commission;
(11) the Department of Assistive and Rehabilitative
Services;
(12) the Department of State Health Services, a local
mental health service, a local mental retardation authority, or a
community center providing services to persons with mental illness
or retardation;
(13) the Texas Private Security Board;
(14) a municipal or volunteer fire department;
(15) the Texas Board of Nursing;
(16) a safe house providing shelter to children in
harmful situations;
(17) a public or nonprofit hospital or hospital
district;
(18) the Texas Juvenile Probation Commission;
(19) the securities commissioner, the banking
commissioner, the savings and mortgage lending commissioner, or the
credit union commissioner;
(20) the Texas State Board of Public Accountancy;
(21) the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation;
(22) the Health and Human Services Commission;
(23) the Department of Aging and Disability Services;
[and]
(24) the Texas Education Agency; and
(25) the Court Reporters Certification Board.
SECTION 2. Subchapter F, Chapter 411, Government Code, is
amended by adding Section 411.1403 to read as follows:
Sec. 411.1403. ACCESS TO CRIMINAL HISTORY RECORD
INFORMATION: COURT REPORTERS CERTIFICATION BOARD. (a) In this
section, "board" means the Court Reporters Certification Board
established under Chapter 52.
(b) The board is entitled to obtain from the department
criminal history record information maintained by the department
that relates to a person who is an applicant for or the holder of a
certification issued by the board.
(c) Criminal history record information obtained by the
board under Subsection (b):
(1) may be used by the board for any purpose related to
the issuance, denial, suspension, revocation, or renewal of a
certification issued by the board;
(2) may not be released or disclosed to any person
except on court order or with the consent of the person who is the
subject of the information; and
(3) shall be destroyed by the board after the
information is used for the authorized purposes.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2009.
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President of the Senate Speaker of the House
I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1599 passed the Senate on
April 23, 2009, by the following vote: Yeas 30, Nays 0.
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Secretary of the Senate
I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1599 passed the House on
May 27, 2009, by the following vote: Yeas 148, Nays 0, one
present not voting.
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Chief Clerk of the House
Approved:
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Date
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Governor