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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the confidentiality of criminal history record |
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information and related information that is obtained by a school |
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district and that relates to an employee of the district. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter C, Chapter 22, Education Code, is |
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amended by adding Section 22.088 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 22.088. CONFIDENTIALITY OF CRIMINAL HISTORY RECORD |
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INFORMATION AND RELATED INFORMATION. (a) Criminal history record |
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information obtained by a school district under this subchapter or |
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under Section 411.087, 411.0845, or 411.097, Government Code, that |
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relates to an employee of the district is confidential and not |
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subject to disclosure under Chapter 552, Government Code. A book, |
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paper, letter, or document or any other form of media, including |
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data held in computer memory, that is collected, assembled, or |
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maintained by a school district and that either contains or was |
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created from criminal history record information that relates to an |
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employee of the district or that tends to confirm the existence or |
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nonexistence of criminal history record information that relates to |
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the employee is confidential and not subject to disclosure under |
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Chapter 552, Government Code, regardless of whether the medium |
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contains other information, including information that would |
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otherwise be subject to disclosure under Chapter 552, Government |
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Code. |
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(b) A school district may not confirm the existence or |
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nonexistence of criminal history record information that relates to |
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an employee of the district to any person that is not entitled to |
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obtain the criminal history record information from the department |
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or the Federal Bureau of Investigation, as applicable. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2009. |