H.B. No. 960

AN ACT

relating to providing municipalities and counties access to criminal history record information for sexually oriented business license applicants.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:

SECTION 1. Section 411.122, Government Code, is amended by adding Subsection (b) to read as follows:

(b) A municipality or county that requires a sexually oriented business to obtain a license or other permit under Section 243.007, Local Government Code, is entitled to obtain from the department criminal history record information maintained by the department that relates to a person who:

(1) is an applicant for a license or other permit for a sexually oriented business issued by the municipality or county;

(2) is the holder of a license or other permit for a sexually oriented business issued by the municipality or county; or

(3) requests a determination of eligibility for a license or other permit for a sexually oriented business issued by the municipality or county.

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, 2009.

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President of the Senate Speaker of the House

I certify that H.B. No. 960 was passed by the House on April 28, 2009, by the following vote: Yeas 148, Nays 0, 1 present, not voting.

______________________________ Chief Clerk of the House

I certify that H.B. No. 960 was passed by the Senate on May 26, 2009, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0.

______________________________ Secretary of the Senate APPROVED: _____________________

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Governor