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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the confidentiality of certain employment records |
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submitted to the Texas Commission on Law Enforcement or maintained |
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by a law enforcement agency. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 1701.454(a), Occupations Code, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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(a) All information submitted to the commission under this |
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subchapter, including a copy of that information retained by the |
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submitting law enforcement agency, is confidential and is not |
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subject to disclosure under Chapter 552, Government Code, unless |
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the person resigned or was terminated due to substantiated |
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incidents of excessive force or violations of the law other than |
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traffic offenses. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |