Bill Text: TX HB1779 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Comm Sub
Bill Title: Relating to the authority of the Department of Public Safety to obtain and use criminal history record information for the purpose of performing certain departmental functions.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2017-05-23 - Returned from the House for further action [HB1779 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-HB1779-Comm_Sub.html
By: Dale (Senate Sponsor - Perry) | H.B. No. 1779 | |
(In the Senate - Received from the House May 1, 2017; | ||
May 4, 2017, read first time and referred to Committee on Criminal | ||
Justice; May 17, 2017, reported favorably by the following vote: | ||
Yeas 8, Nays 0; May 17, 2017, sent to printer.) | ||
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relating to the authority of the Department of Public Safety to | ||
obtain and use criminal history record information for the purpose | ||
of performing certain departmental functions. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 411.0891(a), Government Code, is amended | ||
to read as follows: | ||
(a) Subject to Section 411.087, the department is | ||
authorized to obtain and use criminal history record information | ||
maintained by the Federal Bureau of Investigation or the department | ||
that relates to a person who: | ||
(1) is an applicant for or holds a Capitol access pass | ||
issued by the department under Section 411.0625; | ||
(2) is an applicant for or holds a license to carry a | ||
handgun issued by the department under Subchapter H or is an | ||
applicant for or holds a certification as a qualified handgun | ||
instructor issued by the department under that subchapter; | ||
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chemical precursor transfer permit issued by the director under | ||
Section 481.078, Health and Safety Code; | ||
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laboratory apparatus transfer permit issued by the director under | ||
Section 481.081, Health and Safety Code; | ||
(5) is an applicant for or holds a license to operate | ||
as a dispensing organization issued by the department under Chapter | ||
487, Health and Safety Code, or is an applicant for or holds a | ||
registration as a director, manager, or employee of a dispensing | ||
organization issued by the department under that chapter; | ||
(6) is an applicant for or holds any private security | ||
license, registration, or commission issued by the department under | ||
Chapter 1702, Occupations Code; | ||
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department as an inspection station or an inspector under | ||
Subchapter G, Chapter 548, Transportation Code, holds an inspection | ||
station or inspector certificate issued under that subchapter, or | ||
is the owner of an inspection station operating under that chapter; | ||
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approved as a program sponsor by the department under Chapter 662, | ||
Transportation Code, is an applicant for certification by the | ||
department as an instructor under that chapter, or holds an | ||
instructor certificate issued under that chapter. | ||
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, 2017. | ||
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