S.B. No. 1075
 
 
 
 
AN ACT
  relating to criminal history record information obtained by the
  consumer credit commissioner.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 411.095, Government Code, is amended to
  read as follows:
         Sec. 411.095.  ACCESS TO CRIMINAL HISTORY RECORD
  INFORMATION: CONSUMER CREDIT COMMISSIONER.  (a)  The consumer
  credit commissioner is entitled to obtain from the department
  criminal history record information that relates to a person who
  is:
               (1)  an applicant for or holder of a license or
  registration under Chapter 180, 342, 347, 348, 351, 353, [or] 371,
  393, or 394, Finance Code;
               (2)  an employee of or volunteer with the Office of
  Consumer Credit Commissioner; 
               (3)  an applicant for employment with the Office of
  Consumer Credit Commissioner; or
               (4)  a contractor or subcontractor of the Office of
  Consumer Credit Commissioner.
         (b)  The consumer credit commissioner may not release or
  disclose criminal history record information obtained under this
  section unless:
               (1)  the information is obtained from a
  fingerprint-based search; and
               (2)  the information is released or disclosed:
                     (A)  on court order;
                     (B)  to the person who is the subject of the
  criminal history record information; or
                     (C)  with the consent of the person who is the
  subject of the criminal history record information.
         SECTION 2.  Section 14.151, Finance Code, is amended to read
  as follows:
         Sec. 14.151.  OBTAINING INFORMATION. (a)  The commissioner
  or an assistant commissioner, examiner, or other employee of the
  office shall obtain criminal history record information maintained
  by the Department of Public Safety, the Federal Bureau of
  Investigation Identification Division, or another law enforcement
  agency relating to a person described by Section 411.095(a)(1),
  Government Code[:
               [(1)     an applicant for a license issued by the
  commissioner; or
               [(2)     a person licensed under the commissioner's
  authority].
         (b)  For an applicant for a license or registration, [or]
  license holder, or registrant that is a business entity, the
  criminal history record information requirement of this section
  applies to an officer, director, owner, or employee of the entity or
  another person having a substantial relationship with the entity.
         SECTION 3.  Section 14.152, Finance Code, is amended to read
  as follows:
         Sec. 14.152.  FINGERPRINT REQUIREMENT; PENALTY. The
  commissioner may refuse to grant a license or registration to, or
  may suspend or revoke the license or registration of, an applicant,
  [or] license holder, or registrant described by Section
  411.095(a)(1), Government Code, who fails to provide, on request, a
  complete set of legible fingerprints on a fingerprint card format
  approved by the Department of Public Safety and the Federal Bureau
  of Investigation.
         SECTION 4.  The heading to Section 14.155, Finance Code, is
  amended to read as follows:
         Sec. 14.155.  DISCLOSURE[; OFFENSE].
         SECTION 5.  Section 14.155(a), Finance Code, is amended to
  read as follows:
         (a)  The office may not release or disclose [provide a person
  being investigated under this subchapter with a copy of the
  person's] criminal history record information obtained from the
  Department of Public Safety, Federal Bureau of Investigation
  Identification Division, or other law enforcement agency, except as
  provided by Section 411.095(b), Government Code. [This subchapter
  does not prevent the office from:
               [(1)     disclosing to the person being investigated a
  date and place of arrest or an offense or disposition contained in
  the criminal history record; or
               [(2)     disclosing criminal history record information
  to, and discussing the information with, an authorized law
  enforcement agency with an interest in the person to whom the
  information relates.]
         SECTION 6.  Section 14.156, Finance Code, is amended to read
  as follows:
         Sec. 14.156.  RECOVERY OF COSTS. In addition to an
  investigation fee paid to the commissioner by an applicant for a
  license or registration [applicant], the commissioner is entitled
  to recover from an applicant, [or] license holder, or registrant
  the cost of processing an inquiry to determine whether the person
  has a criminal history record.
         SECTION 7.  Sections 14.154(b) and 14.155(b), Finance Code,
  are repealed.
         SECTION 8.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2015.
 
 
 
 
 
  ______________________________ ______________________________
     President of the Senate Speaker of the House     
 
         I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1075 passed the Senate on
  April 21, 2015, by the following vote:  Yeas 29, Nays 1.
 
 
  ______________________________
  Secretary of the Senate    
 
         I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1075 passed the House on
  May 19, 2015, by the following vote:  Yeas 144, Nays 2, two
  present not voting.
 
 
  ______________________________
  Chief Clerk of the House   
 
 
 
  Approved:
 
  ______________________________ 
              Date
 
 
  ______________________________ 
            Governor