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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to criminal history checks for state employees, applicants |
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for state employment, and certain other persons who may perform |
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work for the state. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter F, Chapter 411, Government Code, is |
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amended by adding Section 411.0845 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 411.0845. SYSTEM TO UPDATE CERTAIN CRIMINAL HISTORY |
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RECORD INFORMATION. (a) The department shall implement a system |
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to provide immediate notice to a state agency entitled to criminal |
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history record information of updates to that information for an |
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employee of that agency. |
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(b) The department shall ensure that the state employee's |
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criminal history record information is made available only to a |
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person entitled to have access to the information under law. |
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SECTION 2. The heading to Section 411.1405, Government |
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Code, is amended to read as follows: |
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Sec. 411.1405. ACCESS TO CRIMINAL HISTORY RECORD |
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INFORMATION: STATE AGENCIES[; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY EMPLOYEES]. |
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SECTION 3. Section 411.1405(b), Government Code, is amended |
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to read as follows: |
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(b) To the extent consistent with Subsection (e), a state |
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agency is entitled to obtain from the department the criminal |
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history record information maintained by the department that |
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relates to a person who[:
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[(1)] is an employee, applicant for employment, |
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contractor, subcontractor, or intern or other volunteer with the |
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state agency or with a contractor or subcontractor for the state |
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agency[; and
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[(2) has access to information resources or
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information resources technologies, other than a desktop computer
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or telephone station assigned to that person]. |
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SECTION 4. Section 411.1405(a)(1), Government Code, is |
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repealed. |
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SECTION 5. The changes in law made by this Act relating to |
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criminal history checks apply only to criminal history checks |
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performed on or after the effective date of this Act. |
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SECTION 6. This Act takes effect September 1, 2007. |