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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the disclosure of criminal history record information |
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to the Court Reporters Certification Board. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subsection (i), Section 411.081, Government |
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Code, is amended to read as follows: |
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(i) A criminal justice agency may disclose criminal history |
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record information that is the subject of an order of nondisclosure |
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to the following noncriminal justice agencies or entities only: |
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(1) the State Board for Educator Certification; |
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(2) a school district, charter school, private school, |
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regional education service center, commercial transportation |
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company, or education shared service arrangement; |
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(3) the Texas Medical Board; |
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(4) the Texas School for the Blind and Visually |
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Impaired; |
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(5) the Board of Law Examiners; |
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(6) the State Bar of Texas; |
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(7) a district court regarding a petition for name |
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change under Subchapter B, Chapter 45, Family Code; |
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(8) the Texas School for the Deaf; |
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(9) the Department of Family and Protective Services; |
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(10) the Texas Youth Commission; |
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(11) the Department of Assistive and Rehabilitative |
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Services; |
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(12) the Department of State Health Services, a local |
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mental health service, a local mental retardation authority, or a |
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community center providing services to persons with mental illness |
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or retardation; |
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(13) the Texas Private Security Board; |
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(14) a municipal or volunteer fire department; |
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(15) the Texas Board of Nursing; |
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(16) a safe house providing shelter to children in |
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harmful situations; |
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(17) a public or nonprofit hospital or hospital |
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district; |
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(18) the Texas Juvenile Probation Commission; |
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(19) the securities commissioner, the banking |
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commissioner, the savings and mortgage lending commissioner, or the |
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credit union commissioner; |
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(20) the Texas State Board of Public Accountancy; |
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(21) the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation; |
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(22) the Health and Human Services Commission; |
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(23) the Department of Aging and Disability Services; |
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[and] |
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(24) the Texas Education Agency; and |
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(25) the Court Reporters Certification Board. |
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SECTION 2. Subchapter F, Chapter 411, Government Code, is |
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amended by adding Section 411.1403 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 411.1403. ACCESS TO CRIMINAL HISTORY RECORD |
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INFORMATION: COURT REPORTERS CERTIFICATION BOARD. (a) In this |
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section, "board" means the Court Reporters Certification Board |
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established under Chapter 52. |
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(b) The board is entitled to obtain from the department |
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criminal history record information maintained by the department |
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that relates to a person who is an applicant for or the holder of a |
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certification issued by the board. |
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(c) Criminal history record information obtained by the |
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board under Subsection (b): |
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(1) may be used by the board for any purpose related to |
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the issuance, denial, suspension, revocation, or renewal of a |
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certification issued by the board; |
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(2) may not be released or disclosed to any person |
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except on court order or with the consent of the person who is the |
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subject of the information; and |
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(3) shall be destroyed by the board after the |
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information is used for the authorized purposes. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2009. |