Bill Text: TX SB922 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to contracts for fingerprinting services entered into by the Department of Public Safety of the State of Texas.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 2-1)
Status: (Passed) 2021-05-30 - Effective on 9/1/21 [SB922 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-SB922-Enrolled.html
S.B. No. 922 |
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relating to contracts for fingerprinting services entered into by | ||
the Department of Public Safety of the State of Texas. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Subchapter F, Chapter 411, Government Code, is | ||
amended by adding Section 411.0865 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 411.0865. CONTRACTS FOR FINGERPRINTING SERVICES. (a) | ||
If the department enters into a contract with a vendor to provide | ||
fingerprinting services throughout this state for use in accessing | ||
criminal history record information, including a contract entered | ||
into under Section 2157.068, the department shall: | ||
(1) include in the contract a provision that: | ||
(A) requires notice to the public of a permanent | ||
closure of a location accessible to the public that provides | ||
fingerprinting services at least 45 days before the date on which | ||
the location closes; | ||
(B) requires a mobile unit to provide | ||
fingerprinting services in or as near as practicable to the area of | ||
a location accessible to the public that permanently closes until a | ||
replacement location is opened in that area at full capacity if the | ||
closure would cause the vendor to not meet contractual coverage | ||
requirements; and | ||
(C) allows the department to contract with a | ||
second vendor to provide fingerprinting services or to provide | ||
fingerprinting services by other means if the department determines | ||
that the original vendor has not fulfilled the contract in a | ||
reasonable manner; and | ||
(2) annually review and prepare a report on the | ||
services provided by the vendor under the contract that includes a | ||
determination on the vendor's ability to adequately address the | ||
need for fingerprinting services throughout this state based on: | ||
(A) the availability of fingerprinting | ||
appointments throughout this state, including any wait times for | ||
appointments at locations; and | ||
(B) a study of the miles required to travel | ||
throughout this state in order to receive fingerprinting services | ||
and whether there are short-term or chronic gaps in coverage in | ||
certain areas of this state. | ||
(b) The department shall provide the report prepared under | ||
Subsection (a)(2) to the governor and members of the legislature. | ||
SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only | ||
to a contract for which the Department of Public Safety of the State | ||
of Texas first advertises or otherwise solicits bids, proposals, | ||
offers, or qualifications or makes a similar solicitation on or | ||
after the effective date of this Act. A contract for which the | ||
Department of Public Safety of the State of Texas first advertises | ||
or otherwise solicits bids, proposals, offers, or qualifications or | ||
makes a similar solicitation before the effective date of this Act | ||
is governed by the law in effect on the date the advertisement or | ||
solicitation is made, and that law is continued in effect for that | ||
purpose. | ||
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021. | ||
______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
I hereby certify that S.B. No. 922 passed the Senate on | ||
April 21, 2021, by the following vote: Yeas 30, Nays 1. | ||
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Secretary of the Senate | ||
I hereby certify that S.B. No. 922 passed the House on | ||
May 18, 2021, by the following vote: Yeas 143, Nays 0, two | ||
present not voting. | ||
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Chief Clerk of the House | ||
Approved: | ||
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Date | ||
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Governor |