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AN ACT
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relating to access to certain criminal history record information |
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maintained by the Department of Public Safety. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 411.081(i), Government Code, is amended |
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to read as follows: |
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(i) A criminal justice agency may disclose criminal history |
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record information that is the subject of an order of nondisclosure |
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to the following noncriminal justice agencies or entities only: |
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(1) the State Board for Educator Certification; |
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(2) a school district, charter school, private school, |
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regional education service center, commercial transportation |
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company, or education shared service arrangement; |
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(3) the Texas Medical Board; |
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(4) the Texas School for the Blind and Visually |
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Impaired; |
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(5) the Board of Law Examiners; |
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(6) the State Bar of Texas; |
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(7) a district court regarding a petition for name |
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change under Subchapter B, Chapter 45, Family Code; |
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(8) the Texas School for the Deaf; |
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(9) the Department of Family and Protective Services; |
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(10) the Texas Youth Commission; |
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(11) the Department of Assistive and Rehabilitative |
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Services; |
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(12) the Department of State Health Services, a local |
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mental health service, a local mental retardation authority, or a |
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community center providing services to persons with mental illness |
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or retardation; |
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(13) the Texas Private Security Board; |
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(14) a municipal or volunteer fire department; |
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(15) the Texas Board of Nursing; |
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(16) a safe house providing shelter to children in |
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harmful situations; |
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(17) a public or nonprofit hospital or hospital |
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district; |
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(18) the Texas Juvenile Probation Commission; |
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(19) the securities commissioner, the banking |
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commissioner, the savings and mortgage lending commissioner, or the |
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credit union commissioner; |
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(20) the Texas State Board of Public Accountancy; |
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(21) the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation; |
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(22) the Health and Human Services Commission; |
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(23) the Department of Aging and Disability Services; |
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[and] |
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(24) the Texas Education Agency; and |
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(25) the Texas Department of Insurance. |
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SECTION 2. Section 411.081(i), Government Code, as amended |
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by this Act, applies only to the disclosure of criminal history |
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record information that is the subject of an order of nondisclosure |
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issued on or after the effective date of this Act. The disclosure |
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of criminal history record information that is the subject of an |
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order of nondisclosure issued before the effective date of this Act |
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is governed by the law in effect on the date the order of |
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nondisclosure was issued, and that former law is continued in |
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effect for that purpose. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect September 1, 2009. |
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President of the Senate |
Speaker of the House |
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I certify that H.B. No. 4343 was passed by the House on May 7, |
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2009, by the following vote: Yeas 146, Nays 0, 1 present, not |
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voting. |
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______________________________ |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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I certify that H.B. No. 4343 was passed by the Senate on May |
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26, 2009, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. |
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______________________________ |
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Secretary of the Senate |
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APPROVED: _____________________ |
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Governor |