| 1 | 1 | | 86R9557 LED-D |
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| 2 | 2 | | By: Longoria H.B. No. 1803 |
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| 5 | 5 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 6 | 6 | | AN ACT |
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| 7 | 7 | | relating to the comptroller's access to criminal history record |
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| 8 | 8 | | information of wrongfully imprisoned persons. |
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| 9 | 9 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 10 | 10 | | SECTION 1. Section 411.109(a), Government Code, is amended |
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| 11 | 11 | | to read as follows: |
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| 12 | 12 | | (a) The comptroller is entitled to obtain from the |
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| 13 | 13 | | department criminal history record information maintained by the |
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| 14 | 14 | | department that the comptroller believes is necessary for the |
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| 15 | 15 | | enforcement or administration of Chapter 103, Civil Practice and |
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| 16 | 16 | | Remedies Code, or Chapter 151, 152, 154, 155, or 162, Tax Code, |
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| 17 | 17 | | including criminal history record information that relates to a |
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| 18 | 18 | | person who is: |
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| 19 | 19 | | (1) an applicant for a permit under any of those |
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| 20 | 20 | | chapters; |
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| 21 | 21 | | (2) a permit holder under any of those chapters; |
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| 22 | 22 | | (3) an officer, director, stockholder owning 10 |
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| 23 | 23 | | percent or more of the outstanding stock, partner, owner, or |
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| 24 | 24 | | managing employee of an applicant or permit holder under any of |
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| 25 | 25 | | those chapters that is a corporation, association, joint venture, |
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| 26 | 26 | | syndicate, partnership, or proprietorship; |
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| 27 | 27 | | (4) believed to have violated any of those chapters; |
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| 28 | 28 | | [or] |
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| 29 | 29 | | (5) being considered by the comptroller for employment |
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| 30 | 30 | | as a peace officer; or |
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| 31 | 31 | | (6) receiving, scheduled to receive, or applying to |
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| 32 | 32 | | receive compensation under Chapter 103, Civil Practice and Remedies |
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| 33 | 33 | | Code. |
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| 34 | 34 | | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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| 35 | 35 | | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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| 36 | 36 | | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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| 37 | 37 | | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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| 38 | 38 | | Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |
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