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Amend CSSB 643:
1. On page 5 line 13 between "from" and "department" insert
"a private vendor or".
2. On page 6 line 17 between "from" and "any" insert "a
private vendor or".
3. By adding the following appropriately numbered SECTION
and renumbering the SECTIONS accordingly:
SECTION ____. Section 411.082, Government Code, is amended
to read as follows:
Sec. 411.082. DEFINITIONS. In this subchapter:
(1) "Administration of criminal justice" has the
meaning assigned by Article 60.01, Code of Criminal Procedure.
(2) "Criminal history record information" means
information collected about a person by a private vendor or
criminal justice agency that consists of identifiable descriptions
and notations of arrests, detentions, indictments, informations,
and other formal criminal charges and their dispositions. The term
does not include:
(A) identification information, including
fingerprint records, to the extent that the identification
information does not indicate involvement of the person in the
criminal justice system; or
(B) driving record information maintained by the
department under Subchapter C, Chapter 521, Transportation Code.
(3) "Criminal justice agency" means:
(A) a federal or state agency that is engaged in
the administration of criminal justice under a statute or executive
order and that allocates a substantial portion of its annual budget
to the administration of criminal justice; or
(B) a nongovernmental railroad or campus police
department that has obtained an originating agency identifier from
the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
(4) "Criminal justice purpose" means:
(A) an activity that is included in the
administration of criminal justice; or
(B) screening of applicants for employment with a
criminal justice agency.