By: Phillips H.B. No. 2828
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to background checks for certain municipal and county
employees and volunteers.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Sec. 411.129, Government Code, is amended as
follows: ACCESS TO CRIMINAL HISTORY RECORD INFORMATION: EMPLOYMENT
BY MUNICIPALITY. (a) Except as provided by Subsection (b), a
municipality 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 employment by the
municipality.
(1) an applicant for employment with the municipality;
(2) an employee of the municipality;
(3) an applicant for employment with or an employee of
a business or person that contracts with the municipality;
(4) a volunteer with the municipality; or
(5) a volunteer applicant to the municipality.
Not later than September 1, 2000, the department shall make
available through electronic means the information available to
municipalities under this section.
SECTION 2. Sec. 411.1295, Government Code, is amended as
follows:
Sec. 411.1295. ACCESS TO CRIMINAL HISTORY RECORD
INFORMATION: EMPLOYMENT BY COUNTY. (a) Except as provided by
Subsection (b), a county 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 employment by the
county.
(1) an applicant for employment with the county;
(2) an employee of the county;
(3) an applicant for employment with or an employee of
a business or person that contracts with the county;
(4) a volunteer with the county; or
(5) a volunteer applicant to the county.
SECTION 3. 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.