By: Nichols, Davis S.B. No. 1812
(In the Senate - Filed March 11, 2011; March 24, 2011, read
first time and referred to Committee on Business and Commerce;
April 19, 2011, reported favorably by the following vote: Yeas 8,
Nays 0; April 19, 2011, sent to printer.)
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to criminal history record information of certain
applicants for a certificate of registration issued by the Texas
Real Estate Commission.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter K, Chapter 1101, Occupations Code, is
amended by adding Section 1101.5041 to read as follows:
Sec. 1101.5041. CRIMINAL HISTORY RECORD INFORMATION
REQUIREMENT FOR CERTIFICATE. An applicant for an original
certificate of registration or renewal of a certificate of
registration must comply with the criminal history record check
requirements of Section 1101.3521.
SECTION 2. Section 1101.5041, Occupations Code, as added by
this Act, applies only to an application for a certificate of
registration or renewal of a certificate of registration filed with
the Texas Real Estate Commission on or after the effective date of
this Act. An application filed before that date is governed by the
law in effect at the time the application was filed, and the former
law is continued in effect for that purpose.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011.
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