78R4184 SMH-D

By:  Staples                                                      S.B. No. 1636



A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the authority of an ad valorem tax appraisal district to 
obtain certain criminal history record information relating to an 
applicant for employment.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Subchapter F, Chapter 411, Government Code, is 
amended by adding Section 411.1296 to read as follows:
	Sec. 411.1296.  ACCESS TO CRIMINAL HISTORY RECORD 
INFORMATION: EMPLOYMENT BY APPRAISAL DISTRICT.  (a)  Except as 
provided by Subsection (b), an appraisal district established by 
Section 6.01, Tax Code, is entitled to obtain from the department 
criminal history record information maintained by the department 
that relates to a person who is an applicant for employment by the 
appraisal district.
	(b)  An appraisal district is not entitled to obtain under 
this section any information about a person if the appraisal 
district is entitled to obtain under another section of this 
subchapter any criminal history record information about the 
person.
	SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives 
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as 
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this 
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this 
Act takes effect September 1, 2003.