Bill Text: TX SB1112 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to access to criminal history record information by the Public Utility Commission of Texas.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 2-1)
Status: (Passed) 2023-05-23 - Effective on 9/1/23 [SB1112 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-SB1112-Enrolled.html
| S.B. No. 1112 | ||
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| relating to access to criminal history record information by the | ||
| Public Utility Commission of Texas. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Subchapter F, Chapter 411, Government Code, is | ||
| amended by adding Section 411.14031 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 411.14031. ACCESS TO CRIMINAL HISTORY RECORD | ||
| INFORMATION: PUBLIC UTILITY COMMISSION OF TEXAS. (a) The Public | ||
| Utility Commission of Texas is entitled to obtain from the | ||
| department criminal history record information maintained by the | ||
| department that relates to a person undergoing a background and | ||
| criminal history check under Section 12.107, Utilities Code. | ||
| (b) Criminal history record information obtained under | ||
| Subsection (a): | ||
| (1) is for the exclusive use of the Public Utility | ||
| Commission of Texas and is privileged and confidential; and | ||
| (2) may not be released or disclosed to any person or | ||
| agency except on court order or with the consent of the person who | ||
| is the subject of the information. | ||
| (c) The Public Utility Commission of Texas may destroy | ||
| criminal history record information obtained under Subsection (a) | ||
| after the information is used for the purpose authorized by this | ||
| section. | ||
| (d) This section does not prohibit the Public Utility | ||
| Commission of Texas from obtaining and using criminal history | ||
| record information as provided by other law. | ||
| SECTION 2. Subchapter C, Chapter 12, Utilities Code, is | ||
| amended by adding Section 12.107 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 12.107. CRIMINAL HISTORY CHECKS FOR CERTAIN EMPLOYEES. | ||
| Before hiring a person as an employee, the commission may obtain | ||
| from the Department of Public Safety or a private vendor all | ||
| criminal history record information relating to the prospective | ||
| employee. | ||
| SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. | ||
| ______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
| President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
| I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1112 passed the Senate on | ||
| April 12, 2023, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Secretary of the Senate | ||
| I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1112 passed the House on | ||
| May 9, 2023, by the following vote: Yeas 139, Nays 3, two present | ||
| not voting. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
| Approved: | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Date | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Governor | ||
