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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to access by a hiring law enforcement agency to an |
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applicant's employment records. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 1701.451(a-1), Occupations Code, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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(a-1) A law enforcement agency that obtains a consent form |
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described by Subsection (a)(2)(B) shall make an electronic copy of |
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the person's employment records available to a hiring law |
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enforcement agency on request. The commission by rule shall |
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prescribe the manner by which a law enforcement agency shall make a |
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person's employment records electronically available to a hiring |
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law enforcement agency. The rules must provide appropriate privacy |
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and security protections. |
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SECTION 2. (a) Not later than December 1, 2021, the Texas |
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Commission on Law Enforcement shall adopt rules as necessary to |
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comply with Section 1701.451, Occupations Code, as amended by this |
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Act. |
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(b) Section 1701.451, Occupations Code, as amended by this |
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Act, applies only to the hiring of a person by a law enforcement |
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agency that occurs on or after December 1, 2021. The hiring of a |
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person by a law enforcement agency that occurs before that date is |
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governed by the law in effect immediately before the effective date |
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of this Act, and the former law is continued in effect for that |
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purpose. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021. |