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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to employment information and records regarding certain |
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persons licensed by the Texas Commission on Law Enforcement. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 1701.451(a-1), Occupations Code, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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(a-1) A law enforcement agency that obtains a consent form |
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described by Subsection (a)(2)(B) shall make an electronic copy of |
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the person's employment records available to a hiring law |
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enforcement agency on request. The commission by rule shall |
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prescribe the manner by which a law enforcement agency shall make a |
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person's employment records electronically available to a hiring |
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law enforcement agency. The rules must provide appropriate |
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security protections. |
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SECTION 2. Subchapter J, Chapter 1701, Occupations Code, is |
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amended by adding Section 1701.459 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 1701.459. CERTAIN AGREEMENTS RELATED TO EMPLOYMENT |
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INFORMATION PROHIBITED. A person licensed under this chapter may |
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not enter into an agreement with a law enforcement agency employing |
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the person under which the agency is prohibited from: |
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(1) making the person's employment records available |
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to another law enforcement agency under Section 1701.451(a-1); or |
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(2) disclosing information about the person's |
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employment to another law enforcement agency or a potential |
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employer in a related field. |
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SECTION 3. (a) Not later than December 1, 2021, the Texas |
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Commission on Law Enforcement shall adopt rules as necessary to |
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comply with Section 1701.451, Occupations Code, as amended by this |
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Act. |
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(b) Section 1701.451, Occupations Code, as amended by this |
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Act, applies only to the hiring of a person by a law enforcement |
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agency that occurs on or after December 1, 2021. The hiring of a |
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person by a law enforcement agency that occurs before that date is |
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governed by the law in effect immediately before the effective date |
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of this Act, and the former law is continued in effect for that |
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purpose. |
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SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021. |