Enrolled Bill Summary

House Bill 2937	House Author:  Lewis
Effective:  6-17-11	Senate Sponsor:  Zaffirini

            House Bill 2937 amends the Government Code to extend the entitlement of an institution of higher education to obtain from the Department of Public Safety criminal history record information relating to a person who is an applicant for a security-sensitive position to the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board. The bill clarifies that all criminal history record information obtained in that manner is to be destroyed by the respective entities as soon as practicable after the individual becomes employed in a security-sensitive position and after the expiration of any probationary term of employment, and requires the information to be destroyed after it is used for its authorized purposes if the individual is not hired for the position.