Sec. 44.034. NOTIFICATION OF CRIMINAL HISTORY OF CONTRACTOR. (a) A person or business entity that enters into a contract with a school district must give advance notice to the district if the person or an owner or operator of the business entity has been convicted of a felony. The notice must include a general description of the conduct resulting in the conviction of a felony.
(b) A school district may terminate a contract with a person or business entity if the district determines that the person or business entity failed to give notice as required by Subsection (a) or misrepresented the conduct resulting in the conviction. The district must compensate the person or business entity for services performed before the termination of the contract.
(c) This section does not apply to a publicly held corporation.
Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 260, Sec. 1, eff. May 30, 1995.
Structure Texas Statutes
Subtitle I - School Finance and Fiscal Management
Chapter 44 - Fiscal Management
Subchapter B. Purchases; Contracts
Section 44.031. Purchasing Contracts
Section 44.0311. Applicability to Junior College Districts
Section 44.0313. Procedures for Electronic Bids or Proposals
Section 44.032. Enforcement of Purchase Procedures: Criminal Penalties; Removal; Ineligibility
Section 44.0331. Management Fees Under Certain Cooperative Purchasing Contracts
Section 44.034. Notification of Criminal History of Contractor
Section 44.0351. Competitive Bidding
Section 44.0352. Competitive Sealed Proposals
Section 44.0411. Change Orders
Section 44.042. Preference to Texas and United States Products
Section 44.044. Contract With Person Indebted to School District
Section 44.047. Purchase or Lease of Automated External Defibrillator