Bill Text: TX HB2828 | 2015-2016 | 84th Legislature | Comm Sub

Texas House Bill 2828 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Bill Title: Relating to the authority of a municipality or county to obtain criminal history record information for certain persons, including employees, independent contractors, and volunteers.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)

Status: (Passed) 2015-06-17 - Effective on 9/1/15 [HB2828 Detail]

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	By: Phillips (Senate Sponsor - Burton)	H.B. No. 2828
	(In the Senate - Received from the House April 27, 2015;
	May 6, 2015, read first time and referred to Committee on Criminal
	Justice; May 21, 2015, reported favorably by the following vote:
	Yeas 7, Nays 0; May 21, 2015, sent to printer.)
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	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
	AN ACT

	relating to the authority of a municipality or county to obtain
	criminal history record information for certain persons, including
	employees, independent contractors, and volunteers.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
	SECTION 1. Section 411.129, Government Code, is amended by
	amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsection (a-1) to read as
	follows:
	(a) Except as provided by Subsection (b), a municipality 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 the municipality;
	(2) an employee of the municipality;
	(3) an applicant for employment by or an employee of a
	business or person that contracts with the municipality;
	(4) a volunteer with the municipality; or
	(5) an applicant for a volunteer position with the
	municipality.
	(a-1) The [~~Not later than September 1, 2000, the~~] department
	shall make available through electronic means the information
	available to municipalities under this section.
	SECTION 2. Section 411.1295(a), Government Code, is amended
	to read as follows:
	(a) Except as provided by Subsection (b), a county 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 the county;
	(2) an employee of the county;
	(3) an applicant for employment by or an employee of a
	business or person that contracts with the county;
	(4) a volunteer with the county; or
	(5) an applicant for a volunteer position with the
	county.
	SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015.

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