82R7992 TJB-F
 
  By: Huffman S.B. No. 682
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to access to criminal history record information that
  relates to a person who is an applicant for appointment to an
  appraisal review board.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  The heading to Section 411.1296, Government
  Code, is amended to read as follows:
         Sec. 411.1296.  ACCESS TO CRIMINAL HISTORY RECORD
  INFORMATION: EMPLOYMENT BY APPRAISAL DISTRICT AND APPOINTMENT TO
  APPRAISAL REVIEW BOARD.
         SECTION 2.  Section 411.1296, Government Code, is amended by
  amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsection (c) to read as
  follows:
         (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 or for
  appointment to the appraisal review board for the appraisal
  district.
         (c)  If the members of the appraisal review board of an
  appraisal district are appointed by the local administrative
  district judge, the appraisal district may provide criminal history
  record information obtained under this section to the local
  administrative district judge or to the appraisal review board
  commissioners appointed by the local administrative district
  judge.
         SECTION 3.  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, 2011.