Bill Text: TX HB2317 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to access to criminal history record information by an emergency communication district.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-05-12 - Returned to Local & Consent Calendars Comm. [HB2317 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-HB2317-Introduced.html
85R10523 JG-F | ||
By: Metcalf | H.B. No. 2317 |
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relating to access to criminal history record information by an | ||
emergency communication district. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Subchapter F, Chapter 411, Government Code, is | ||
amended by adding Section 411.1297 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 411.1297. ACCESS TO CRIMINAL HISTORY RECORD | ||
INFORMATION: EMPLOYMENT BY EMERGENCY COMMUNICATION DISTRICT. (a) | ||
An emergency communication district created under Chapter 772, | ||
Health and Safety Code, is entitled to obtain from the department | ||
criminal history record information maintained by the department | ||
that relates to a person who is: | ||
(1) an applicant for employment by or an employee of | ||
the district; | ||
(2) an applicant for a volunteer position or a | ||
volunteer with the district; or | ||
(3) an applicant for employment by or an employee of a | ||
person that contracts with the district. | ||
(b) Criminal history record information obtained by an | ||
emergency communication district under Subsection (a) may not be | ||
released or disclosed to any person except: | ||
(1) in a criminal proceeding; | ||
(2) on court order; or | ||
(3) with the consent of the person who is the subject | ||
of the criminal history record information. | ||
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |