By: Phillips (Senate Sponsor - Burton) H.B. No. 2828
(In the Senate - Received from the House April 27, 2015;
May 6, 2015, read first time and referred to Committee on Criminal
Justice; May 21, 2015, reported favorably by the following vote:
Yeas 7, Nays 0; May 21, 2015, sent to printer.)
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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the authority of a municipality or county to obtain
criminal history record information for certain persons, including
employees, independent contractors, and volunteers.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 411.129, Government Code, is amended by
amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsection (a-1) to read as
follows:
(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:
(1) an applicant for employment by the municipality;
(2) an employee of the municipality;
(3) an applicant for employment by or an employee of a
business or person that contracts with the municipality;
(4) a volunteer with the municipality; or
(5) an applicant for a volunteer position with the
municipality.
(a-1) The [Not later than September 1, 2000, the] department
shall make available through electronic means the information
available to municipalities under this section.
SECTION 2. Section 411.1295(a), Government Code, is amended
to read as follows:
(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:
(1) an applicant for employment by the county;
(2) an employee of the county;
(3) an applicant for employment by or an employee of a
business or person that contracts with the county;
(4) a volunteer with the county; or
(5) an applicant for a volunteer position with the
county.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015.
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