By Reyna of Bexar H.B. No. 3196 Line and page numbers may not match official copy. Bill not drafted by TLC or Senate E&E. A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1-1 AN ACT 1-2 Relating to criminal history information 1-3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 1-4 SECTION 1. Chapter 60.08 Code of Criminal Procedure is 1-5 amended by adding: 1-6 (f) Upon request from a county, state or federal agency that 1-7 requires criminal history information, the Department of Public 1-8 Safety shall provide the information requested from the criminal 1-9 justice information system. The Department of Public Safety may 1-10 not charge a county, state or federal agency a fee for providing 1-11 the information. 1-12 SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 1999. 1-13 SECTION 3. The importance of this legislation and the 1-14 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an 1-15 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the 1-16 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several 1-17 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.