(a) Except as provided by Subsection (b), a municipality is entitled to obtain from the department criminal history record information maintained by the department that relates to a person who:
(1) is:
(A) an applicant for employment by the municipality;
(B) an employee of the municipality;
(C) an applicant for employment by or an employee of a business or person that contracts with the municipality;
(D) a volunteer with the municipality; or
(E) an applicant for a volunteer position with the municipality; or
(2) seeks the municipality’s authorization to conduct fire safety inspections without becoming certified as a fire inspector by the Texas Commission on Fire Protection.

Terms Used In Texas Government Code 411.129

  • Person: includes corporation, organization, government or governmental subdivision or agency, business trust, estate, trust, partnership, association, and any other legal entity. See Texas Government Code 311.005

(a-1) The department shall make available through electronic means the information available to municipalities under this section.
(b) A municipality is not entitled to obtain under this section any information about a person if the municipality is entitled to obtain under another section of this subchapter any criminal history record information about the person.

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