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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to fingerprinting requirements for occupational licenses. |
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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. FINGERPRINTING REQUIREMENTS |
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Sec. 60.001. DEFINITIONS. In this chapter: |
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(1) "License" means a license, certificate, |
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registration, permit, or other form of authorization required by |
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law or a state agency rule that must be obtained by an individual to |
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engage in a particular business. |
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(2) "State agency" means a department, board, bureau, |
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commission, committee, division, office, council, or agency of this |
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state. |
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Sec. 60.002. FINGERPRINTING OF CERTAIN LICENSE APPLICANTS |
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PROHIBITED. (a) Notwithstanding any other law and except as |
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provided by this section, a state agency that issues a license may |
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not require an applicant for the license to submit fingerprints to |
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the agency, the Department of Public Safety, or any other person as |
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a requirement for the issuance or renewal of the license. |
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(b) This section does not apply to an applicant for a |
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license issued under Chapter 1701 or 1702. |
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SECTION 2. Chapter 60, Occupations Code, as added by this |
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Act, applies only to an application for the issuance or renewal of |
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an occupational license filed on or after the effective date of this |
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Act. An application filed before that date is governed by the law |
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in effect on the date the application was filed, and the former law |
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is continued in effect for that purpose. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015. |