Bill Text: TX HB4359 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Introduced

Texas House Bill 4359 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Relating to access to criminal history record information by certain fire departments.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-03-25 - Referred to Urban Affairs [HB4359 Detail]

Download: Texas-2019-HB4359-Introduced.html

	86R15234 JCG-F

	By: Cain	H.B. No. 4359



	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
	AN ACT
	relating to access to criminal history record information by
	certain fire departments.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
	SECTION 1. Section 411.1235(a), Government Code, is amended
	to read as follows:
	(a) A volunteer fire department or a fire department
	operated by an emergency services district is entitled to obtain
	from the department criminal history record information maintained
	by the department that relates to a person who [~~is required to be~~
	~~certified by the Texas Commission on Fire Protection and~~]:
	(1) is an applicant for a beginning position with the
	fire department; or
	(2) currently holds a position with that fire
	department.
	SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.