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Senate Bill 146 |
Senate Author: Williams |
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Effective: 6-14-13 |
House Sponsor: Kolkhorst |
Senate Bill 146 amends the Government Code to entitle a public institution of higher education to obtain from the Department of Public Safety (DPS) criminal history record information maintained by DPS that relates to a student, or to an applicant for admission as a student, who applies for on-campus housing at the institution. The bill limits the use of the information by the institution's chief of police or housing office to the purpose of evaluating current students or applicants for enrollment who apply for on-campus housing and requires the institution to notify a student of any use of the information to deny the student the opportunity to live in on-campus housing. The bill prohibits the release or disclosure of the information except on court order or with the consent of the person who is the subject of the information. The bill requires all criminal history record information obtained about a person to be destroyed by the institution's chief of police or housing office, as applicable, as soon as practicable after the beginning of the academic period for which the person's housing application was submitted.