By: Elkins H.B. No. 4267       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to fingerprint requirements for state licensees.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Title 2, Occupations Code, is amended by adding   Chapter 60 to read as follows:   CHAPTER 60. FINGERPRINT REQUIREMENTS FOR STATE LICENSEES          Sec. 60.01.  DEFINITIONS. In this chapter:                (1)  "Department" means the Department of Public   Safety.                (2)  "State license" means a license, permit,   registration certificate, or other evidence of authority issued by   a state licensing authority for which the applicant for the license   is required under state law to submit fingerprints.                (3)  "State licensee" means a person or entity that,   under state law, in order to practice the person's occupation or   conduct the entity's business in this state, is required to obtain a   state license.                (4)  "State licensing authority" means a state agency,   department, board, or commission or the executive or administrative   officer of a state agency, department, board, or commission.          Sec. 60.02.  FINGERPRINT REQUIREMENTS FOR PERSONS WITH MORE   THAN ONE STATE LICENSE. (a) Notwithstanding any other law, after   the state licensing authority issues a state license, the state   licensing authority shall submit the applicant's fingerprints to   the department, and the department shall maintain the applicant's   fingerprints on file.          (b)  If, after obtaining a state license, a state licensee is   required to obtain a separate state license for another purpose,   and the state licensee's fingerprints were submitted to another   state licensing authority during the same calendar year,   notwithstanding any other law:                (1)  the state licensee is not required to submit the   state licensee's fingerprints to the other state licensing   authority; and                (2)  the other state licensing authority is authorized   to obtain the fingerprints of the state licensee that are   maintained on file by the department under Subsection (a).                    SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives   a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as   provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this   Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this   Act takes effect September 1, 2017.