Tex. Bus. & Com. Code § 109.003 · Chapter 109. BUSINESS ENTITIES ENGAGED IN PUBLICATION OF CERTAIN CRIMINAL RECORD OR JUVENILE RECORD INFORMATION
DUTY TO PUBLISH COMPLETE AND ACCURATE CRIMINAL RECORD INFORMATION.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) A business entity must ensure that criminal record information the entity publishes is complete and accurate.
(b) For purposes of this chapter, criminal record information published by a business entity is considered:
(1) complete if the information reflects the notations of arrest and the filing and disposition of criminal charges, as applicable; and
(2) accurate if the information:
(A) reflects the most recent information received by the entity from the Department of Public Safety in accordance with Section 411.0851(b)(1)(B), Government Code; or
(B) was obtained by the entity from a law enforcement agency or criminal justice agency, including the Department of Public Safety, or any other governmental agency or entity within the 60-day period preceding the date of publication.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1200 (S.B. 1289), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2013.
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- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
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- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/BC/htm/BC.109.htm
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