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| 2 | 2 | | By: Vasut H.B. No. 1366 |
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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 criminal background check requirements for judges to |
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| 8 | 8 | | access vital records maintained by the Department of State Health |
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| 9 | 9 | | Services. |
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| 10 | 10 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 11 | 11 | | SECTION 1. Section 191.071(b), Health and Safety Code, is |
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| 12 | 12 | | amended to read as follows: |
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| 13 | 13 | | (b) The department may adopt a policy waiving the |
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| 14 | 14 | | requirement of a fingerprint-based background check for: |
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| 15 | 15 | | (1) a person who previously submitted to a |
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| 16 | 16 | | fingerprint-based background check as a condition of licensure by a |
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| 17 | 17 | | state agency; or |
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| 18 | 18 | | (2) a person serving as a judge or justice of the |
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| 19 | 19 | | supreme court, the court of criminal appeals, a court of appeals, a |
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| 20 | 20 | | district court, a criminal district court, a constitutional county |
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| 21 | 21 | | court, a statutory county court, a justice court, or a municipal |
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| 22 | 22 | | court. |
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| 23 | 23 | | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |
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