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1	1	89R1404 DRS-D
2	2	By: Vo H.B. No. 1112
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7	7	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
8	8	AN ACT
9	9	relating to the licensing of certain persons by the Texas
10	10	Commission on Law Enforcement and the hiring of those persons by
11	11	political subdivisions.
12	12	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
13	13	SECTION 1. The heading to Section 370.007, Local Government
14	14	Code, as added by Chapter 1049 (S.B. 252), Acts of the 88th
15	15	Legislature, Regular Session, 2023, is amended to read as follows:
16	16	Sec. 370.007. APPOINTING OR EMPLOYING CERTAIN LEGAL
17	17	PERMANENT RESIDENTS [VETERANS] TO POSITION REQUIRING LICENSURE.
18	18	SECTION 2. Section 370.007(b), Local Government Code, as
19	19	added by Chapter 1049 (S.B. 252), Acts of the 88th Legislature,
20	20	Regular Session, 2023, is amended to read as follows:
21	21	(b) Notwithstanding any other law, a political subdivision
22	22	that appoints or employs a person to hold a position that requires
23	23	the person to be licensed by the commission may appoint or employ a
24	24	legal permanent resident of the United States to hold the position
25	25	if the person:
26	26	(1) [is an honorably discharged veteran of the armed
27	27	forces of the United States with at least two years of service
28	28	before discharge and] holds the appropriate license issued by the
29	29	commission; and
30	30	(2) submits an affidavit to the political subdivision
31	31	in a form prescribed by the commission affirming the person's
32	32	intent to apply for United States citizenship not later than six
33	33	months after the date the person becomes eligible to do so.
34	34	SECTION 3. Section 1701.3095, Occupations Code, is amended
35	35	to read as follows:
36	36	Sec. 1701.3095. LICENSING OF [CERTAIN VETERANS WHO ARE]
37	37	LEGAL PERMANENT RESIDENTS. (a) The commission shall issue a
38	38	license the commission is authorized to issue to a person who is a
39	39	legal permanent resident of the United States if the person[:
40	40	[(1)] meets the requirements of this chapter and the
41	41	commission's rules for the license[;
42	42	[(2) is an honorably discharged veteran of the armed
43	43	forces of the United States with at least two years of service
44	44	before discharge; and
45	45	[(3) presents evidence satisfactory to the commission
46	46	that the person has applied for United States citizenship].
47	47	(b) The commission shall prescribe a form for a person who
48	48	is a legal permanent resident of the United States to affirm the
49	49	person's intent to apply for United States citizenship not later
50	50	than six months after the date the person becomes eligible to do so.
51	51	SECTION 4. Section 1701.451(a), Occupations Code, is
52	52	amended to read as follows:
53	53	(a) Before a law enforcement agency may hire a person
54	54	licensed under this chapter, the agency must, on a form and in the
55	55	manner prescribed by the commission:
56	56	(1) obtain the person's written consent for the agency
57	57	to review the information required to be reviewed under this
58	58	section;
59	59	(2) request from the commission and any other
60	60	applicable person information required to be reviewed under this
61	61	section; and
62	62	(3) submit to the commission confirmation that the
63	63	agency, to the best of the agency's ability before hiring the
64	64	person:
65	65	(A) contacted each entity or individual
66	66	necessary to obtain the information required to be reviewed under
67	67	this section; and
68	68	(B) except as provided by Subsection (b),
69	69	obtained and reviewed as related to the person, as applicable:
70	70	(i) personnel files, as described by
71	71	Section 1701.4535, and other employee records from each previous
72	72	law enforcement agency employer, including the employment
73	73	application submitted to the previous employer;
74	74	(ii) employment termination reports and
75	75	misconduct investigation reports maintained by the commission
76	76	under this subchapter;
77	77	(iii) service records maintained by the
78	78	commission;
79	79	(iv) proof that the person meets the
80	80	minimum qualifications for enrollment in a training program under
81	81	Section 1701.251(a);
82	82	(v) a military veteran's United States
83	83	Department of Defense Form DD-214 or other military discharge
84	84	record;
85	85	(vi) criminal history record information;
86	86	(vii) information on pending warrants as
87	87	available through the Texas Crime Information Center and National
88	88	Crime Information Center;
89	89	(viii) evidence of financial
90	90	responsibility as required by Section 601.051, Transportation
91	91	Code;
92	92	(ix) a driving record from the Department
93	93	of Public Safety;
94	94	(x) proof of United States citizenship or,
95	95	if the person is a legal permanent resident [an honorably
96	96	discharged veteran of the armed forces] of the United States [with
97	97	at least two years of service before discharge], proof of legal
98	98	permanent residence and an affidavit affirming the person's intent
99	99	to apply for United States citizenship not later than six months
100	100	after the date the person becomes eligible to do so [proof that the
101	101	person has applied for United States citizenship];
102	102	(xi) information on the person's background
103	103	from at least three personal references and at least two
104	104	professional references; and
105	105	(xii) information on the person's law
106	106	enforcement background as available through a database designated
107	107	by the commission under Section 1701.169 and, if applicable, a file
108	108	or record obtained by the commission under Section 1701.3035.
109	109	SECTION 5. Not later than December 1, 2025, the Texas
110	110	Commission on Law Enforcement shall amend rules as necessary to
111	111	comply with Sections 1701.3095 and 1701.451, Occupations Code, as
112	112	amended by this Act.
113	113	SECTION 6. Section 1701.451, Occupations Code, as amended
114	114	by this Act, applies only to the hiring of a person by a law
115	115	enforcement agency that occurs on or after December 1, 2025. The
116	116	hiring of a person by a law enforcement agency that occurs before
117	117	that date is governed by the law in effect immediately before the
118	118	effective date of this Act, and the former law is continued in
119	119	effect for that purpose.
120	120	SECTION 7. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.