By: Carriker S.B. No. 163
73R2543 SOS-D
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-1 AN ACT
1-2 relating to the protection of buildings and grounds at private
1-3 institutions of higher education.
1-4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-5 SECTION 1. Section 51.212, Education Code, is amended by
1-6 adding Subsection (c) to read as follows:
1-7 (c) In this section, "private institution of higher
1-8 education" has the meaning assigned by Section 61.302 of this code.
1-9 SECTION 2. Section 51.215, Education Code, is amended by
1-10 amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsection (e) to read as
1-11 follows:
1-12 (a) An institution of higher education<, as defined in
1-13 Section 61.003 of this code, or a private institution of higher
1-14 education that is accredited by the Commission on Colleges of the
1-15 Southern Association of Colleges and Schools,> is entitled to
1-16 obtain criminal history record information pertaining to an
1-17 applicant for employment for a security-sensitive position. The
1-18 institution of higher education may deny employment to an applicant
1-19 for a security-sensitive position who fails to provide a complete
1-20 set of fingerprints upon request.
1-21 (e) In this section, "institution of higher education"
1-22 means:
1-23 (1) an institution of higher education, as defined by
1-24 Section 61.003 of this code; and
2-1 (2) a private institution of higher education, as
2-2 defined by Section 61.302 of this code.
2-3 SECTION 3. The importance of this legislation and the
2-4 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
2-5 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the
2-6 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
2-7 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended,
2-8 and that this Act take effect and be in force from and after its
2-9 passage, and it is so enacted.