86R9557 LED-D
By: Longoria H.B. No. 1803
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the comptroller's access to criminal history record
information of wrongfully imprisoned persons.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 411.109(a), Government Code, is amended
to read as follows:
(a) The comptroller is entitled to obtain from the
department criminal history record information maintained by the
department that the comptroller believes is necessary for the
enforcement or administration of Chapter 103, Civil Practice and
Remedies Code, or Chapter 151, 152, 154, 155, or 162, Tax Code,
including criminal history record information that relates to a
person who is:
(1) an applicant for a permit under any of those
chapters;
(2) a permit holder under any of those chapters;
(3) an officer, director, stockholder owning 10
percent or more of the outstanding stock, partner, owner, or
managing employee of an applicant or permit holder under any of
those chapters that is a corporation, association, joint venture,
syndicate, partnership, or proprietorship;
(4) believed to have violated any of those chapters;
[or]
(5) being considered by the comptroller for employment
as a peace officer; or
(6) receiving, scheduled to receive, or applying to
receive compensation under Chapter 103, Civil Practice and Remedies
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, 2019.