1-1 By: Carriker S.B. No. 163
1-2 (In the Senate - Filed January 25, 1993; January 26, 1993,
1-3 read first time and referred to Committee on Education;
1-4 February 17, 1993, reported adversely, with favorable Committee
1-5 Substitute by the following vote: Yeas 8, Nays 0;
1-6 February 17, 1993, sent to printer.)
1-7 COMMITTEE VOTE
1-8 Yea Nay PNV Absent
1-9 Ratliff x
1-10 Haley x
1-11 Barrientos x
1-12 Bivins x
1-13 Harris of Tarrant x
1-14 Luna x
1-15 Montford x
1-16 Shapiro x
1-17 Sibley x
1-18 Turner x
1-19 Zaffirini x
1-20 COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR S.B. No. 163 By: Haley
1-21 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-22 AN ACT
1-23 relating to the protection of buildings and grounds at private
1-24 institutions of higher education.
1-25 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-26 SECTION 1. Section 51.212, Education Code, is amended by
1-27 adding Subsection (c) to read as follows:
1-28 (c) In this section, "private institution of higher
1-29 education" has the meaning assigned by Section 61.302 of this code
1-30 and includes those institutions accredited by the Commission on
1-31 Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools.
1-32 SECTION 2. Section 51.215, Education Code, is amended by
1-33 amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsection (e) to read as
1-34 follows:
1-35 (a) An institution of higher education<, as defined in
1-36 Section 61.003 of this code, or a private institution of higher
1-37 education that is accredited by the Commission on Colleges of the
1-38 Southern Association of Colleges and Schools,> is entitled to
1-39 obtain criminal history record information pertaining to an
1-40 applicant for employment for a security-sensitive position. The
1-41 institution of higher education may deny employment to an applicant
1-42 for a security-sensitive position who fails to provide a complete
1-43 set of fingerprints upon request.
1-44 (e) In this section, "institution of higher education"
1-45 means:
1-46 (1) an institution of higher education, as defined by
1-47 Section 61.003 of this code; and
1-48 (2) a private institution of higher education, as
1-49 defined by Section 61.302 of this code, and includes those
1-50 institutions accredited by the Commission on Colleges of the
1-51 Southern Association of Colleges and Schools.
1-52 SECTION 3. The importance of this legislation and the
1-53 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
1-54 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the
1-55 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
1-56 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended,
1-57 and that this Act take effect and be in force from and after its
1-58 passage, and it is so enacted.
1-59 * * * * *
1-60 Austin,
1-61 Texas
1-62 February 17,
1-63 1993
1-64 Hon. Bob Bullock
1-65 President of the Senate
1-66 Sir:
1-67 We, your Committee on Education to which was referred S.B. No. 163,
1-68 have had the same under consideration, and I am instructed to
2-1 report it back to the Senate with the recommendation that it do not
2-2 pass, but that the Committee Substitute adopted in lieu thereof do
2-3 pass and be printed.
2-4 Ratliff,
2-5 Chairman
2-6 * * * * *
2-7 WITNESSES
2-8 FOR AGAINST ON
2-9 ___________________________________________________________________
2-10 Name: Roger P. Dickey x
2-11 Representing: Hendrick Medical Center
2-12 City: Abilene
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