SUMMARY

This bill requires an agency, department, board or commission of State Government that employs a person who has been convicted of a serious crime or who is required to register as a sex offender and who, as part of that person's duties, has direct contact with a member of the public in the home or business of that member of the public to inform that member of the public of the date and crime for which the person was convicted and to provide the member of the public with the option of requesting a different person with whom to conduct business.

This bill also requires the Department of Administrative and Financial Services to study and report to the 123rd Legislature regarding the number of state employees who have been convicted of a serious crime, the level of public exposure those employees have and the extent of the access those employees have to confidential information of members of the public.