Sec. 411.129. ACCESS TO CRIMINAL HISTORY RECORD INFORMATION: EMPLOYMENT BY MUNICIPALITY. (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. (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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