By: Carriker, Sims S.B. No. 163
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
1-1 relating to the protection of buildings and grounds at private
1-2 institutions of higher education.
1-3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-4 SECTION 1. Section 51.212, Education Code, is amended by
1-5 adding Subsection (c) to read as follows:
1-6 (c) In this section, "private institution of higher
1-7 education" has the meaning assigned by Section 61.302 of this code
1-8 and includes those institutions accredited by the Commission on
1-9 Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools.
1-10 SECTION 2. Section 51.215, Education Code, is amended by
1-11 amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsection (e) to read as
1-12 follows:
1-13 (a) An institution of higher education<, as defined in
1-14 Section 61.003 of this code, or a private institution of higher
1-15 education that is accredited by the Commission on Colleges of the
1-16 Southern Association of Colleges and Schools,> is entitled to
1-17 obtain criminal history record information pertaining to an
1-18 applicant for employment for a security-sensitive position. The
1-19 institution of higher education may deny employment to an applicant
1-20 for a security-sensitive position who fails to provide a complete
1-21 set of fingerprints upon request.
1-22 (e) In this section, "institution of higher education"
1-23 means:
1-24 (1) an institution of higher education, as defined by
2-1 Section 61.003 of this code; and
2-2 (2) a private institution of higher education, as
2-3 defined by Section 61.302 of this code, and includes those
2-4 institutions accredited by the Commission on Colleges of the
2-5 Southern Association of Colleges and Schools.
2-6 SECTION 3. The importance of this legislation and the
2-7 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
2-8 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the
2-9 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
2-10 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended,
2-11 and that this Act take effect and be in force from and after its
2-12 passage, and it is so enacted.