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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to fingerprint requirements for state licensees. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Title 2, Occupations Code, is amended by adding |
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Chapter 60 to read as follows: |
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CHAPTER 60. FINGERPRINT REQUIREMENTS FOR STATE LICENSEES |
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Sec. 60.01. DEFINITIONS. In this chapter: |
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(1) "Department" means the Department of Public |
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Safety. |
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(2) "State license" means a license, permit, |
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registration certificate, or other evidence of authority issued by |
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a state licensing authority for which the applicant for the license |
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is required under state law to submit fingerprints. |
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(3) "State licensee" means a person or entity that, |
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under state law, in order to practice the person's occupation or |
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conduct the entity's business in this state, is required to obtain a |
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state license. |
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(4) "State licensing authority" means a state agency, |
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department, board, or commission or the executive or administrative |
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officer of a state agency, department, board, or commission. |
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Sec. 60.02. FINGERPRINT REQUIREMENTS FOR PERSONS WITH MORE |
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THAN ONE STATE LICENSE. (a) Notwithstanding any other law, after |
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the state licensing authority issues a state license, the state |
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licensing authority shall submit the applicant's fingerprints to |
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the department, and the department shall maintain the applicant's |
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fingerprints on file. |
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(b) If, after obtaining a state license, a state licensee is |
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required to obtain a separate state license for another purpose, |
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and the state licensee's fingerprints were submitted to another |
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state licensing authority during the same calendar year, |
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notwithstanding any other law: |
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(1) the state licensee is not required to submit the |
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state licensee's fingerprints to the other state licensing |
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authority; and |
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(2) the other state licensing authority is authorized |
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to obtain the fingerprints of the state licensee that are |
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maintained on file by the department under Subsection (a). |
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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. |