Texas Business & Commerce Code
§ 106.005 — DISCLOSURES BY PROVIDER THAT CONDUCTS CRIMINAL BACKGROUND CHECKS
BC § 106.005Title 5. REGULATION OF BUSINESSES AND SERVICES · Part C. BUSINESS OPERATIONS · Ch. 106. INTERNET DATING SAFETY ACT
Statute text
View on source(a)An online dating service provider that offers services to residents of this state and conducts a criminal background check on each member before permitting a Texas member to communicate through the provider with another member shall clearly and conspicuously disclose to all Texas members that the provider conducts a criminal background check, as described by Section 106.003, on each member before permitting a Texas member to communicate through the provider with another member.
(b)An online dating service provider that offers services to residents of this state and conducts a criminal background check on each member shall include on the provider's Internet website:
(1)a statement of whether the provider excludes from its online dating service all persons identified as having been convicted of:
(A)a felony offense;
(B)an offense the conviction or adjudication of which requires registration as a sex offender under Chapter 62, Code of Criminal Procedure; or
(C)an offense for which an affirmative finding of family violence was made under Article 42.013, Code of Criminal Procedure;
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Legislative history
Added by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 27 (S.B. 488), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2011.