TITLE: Relating to access to criminal history record information that relates to a person who is an applicant for appointment to an appraisal review board.

SUMMARY: Relating to access to criminal history record information that relates to a person who is an applicant for appointment to an appraisal review board.

FULL TEXT:
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.