85R7564 JCG-F
By: Cain H.B. No. 2693
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to access to criminal history record information by
certain fire departments.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 411.1235(a), Government Code, is amended
to read as follows:
(a) A volunteer fire department or a fire department
operated by an emergency services district is entitled to obtain
from the department criminal history record information maintained
by the department that relates to a person who [is required to be
certified by the Texas Commission on Fire Protection and]:
(1) is an applicant for a beginning position with the
fire department; or
(2) currently holds a position with that fire
department.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.