Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 29 and Title 16, Chapter 3, Part 9.
ON MARCH 25, 2019, THE SENATE ADOPTED AMENDMENT #1 AND PASSED SENATE BILL 141, AS AMENDED.<br /> <br /> AMENDMENT #1 replaces the present law provision for the private probation services council to promulgate rules requiring criminal records checks of all private probation officer to instead statutorily require that all private probation officers that are to be employed by entities providing private probation services:<br /> (1) Be required to supply a fingerprint sample and submit to a criminal history records check to be conducted by the TBI and the FBI or other vendor contracted for the same purposes prior to being employed with such entities; and<br /> (2) Agree that the TBI may send to the council information indicating the results of the criminal history records check. The results will indicate whether the applicant has a criminal conviction that would result in a private probation officer being denied employment by such entities.<br /> <br /> This amendment requires the applicant to pay any reasonable costs incurred by the TBI or FBI, or both, in conducting an investigation of an applicant for employment as a private probation officer. In lieu of additional criminal history records checks for subsequent applications for employment, the applicant may submit copies of the applicant's initial criminal history records check documentation and shall not be required to pay any additional costs.<br /> <br /> ON APRIL 30, 2019, THE HOUSE SUBSTITUTED SENATE BILL 141 FOR HOUSE BILL 473, ADOPTED AMENDMENT #2, AND PASSED SENATE BILL 141, AS AMENDED.<br /> <br /> AMENDMENT #2 changes and adds to the duties of the private probation services council as follows:<br /> <br /> (1) Present law requires the council to establish 20 hours of annual continuing education for private probation officers. This amendment reduces the annual continuing education requirement to eight hours;<br /> (2) This amendment authorizes the council to reinstate a license upon payment of a late renewal fee, as set by the council; and<br /> (3) This amendment requires the council to establish a late renewal fee equal to 25 percent of the registration fee.<br /> <br />
ON MARCH 25, 2019, THE SENATE ADOPTED AMENDMENT #1 AND PASSED SENATE BILL 141, AS AMENDED.<br /> <br /> AMENDMENT #1 replaces the present law provision for the private probation services council to promulgate rules requiring criminal records checks of all private probation officer to instead statutorily require that all private probation officers that are to be employed by entities providing private probation services:<br /> (1) Be required to supply a fingerprint sample and submit to a criminal history records check to be conducted by the TBI and the FBI or other vendor contracted for the same purposes prior to being employed with such entities; and<br /> (2) Agree that the TBI may send to the council information indicating the results of the criminal history records check. The results will indicate whether the applicant has a criminal conviction that would result in a private probation officer being denied employment by such entities.<br /> <br /> This amendment requires the applicant to pay any reasonable costs incurred by the TBI or FBI, or both, in conducting an investigation of an applicant for employment as a private probation officer. In lieu of additional criminal history records checks for subsequent applications for employment, the applicant may submit copies of the applicant's initial criminal history records check documentation and shall not be required to pay any additional costs.<br /> <br /> ON APRIL 30, 2019, THE HOUSE SUBSTITUTED SENATE BILL 141 FOR HOUSE BILL 473, ADOPTED AMENDMENT #2, AND PASSED SENATE BILL 141, AS AMENDED.<br /> <br /> AMENDMENT #2 changes and adds to the duties of the private probation services council as follows:<br /> <br /> (1) Present law requires the council to establish 20 hours of annual continuing education for private probation officers. This amendment reduces the annual continuing education requirement to eight hours;<br /> (2) This amendment authorizes the council to reinstate a license upon payment of a late renewal fee, as set by the council; and<br /> (3) This amendment requires the council to establish a late renewal fee equal to 25 percent of the registration fee.<br /> <br />
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