By: Herrero (Senate Sponsor - Hinojosa) H.B. No. 2208
(In the Senate - Received from the House April 14, 2015;
April 21, 2015, read first time and referred to Committee on
Transportation; May 12, 2015, reported favorably by the following
vote: Yeas 8, Nays 1; May 12, 2015, sent to printer.)
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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to access to criminal history record information by a
county tax assessor-collector.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter F, Chapter 411, Government Code, is
amended by adding Section 411.14065 to read as follows:
Sec. 411.14065. ACCESS TO CRIMINAL HISTORY RECORD
INFORMATION: COUNTY TAX ASSESSOR-COLLECTOR. A county tax
assessor-collector in a county described by Section 520.052,
Transportation Code, 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 a motor vehicle
title service license issued under Subchapter E, Chapter 520,
Transportation Code.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
Act takes effect September 1, 2015.
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