1. (a) The commissioner may require that a person submit through the NMLS in the form and manner prescribed by the commissioner and acceptable to the registry any information or document or payment of a fee required to be submitted under this chapter or rules adopted under this chapter.

2. (b) The commissioner may use the NMLS as a channeling agent for obtaining information required for licensing purposes under this chapter or rules adopted under this chapter, including:

   1. (1) criminal history record information from the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the United States Department of Justice, or any other agency or entity at the commissioner's discretion;
   2. (2) information related to any administrative, civil, or criminal findings by a governmental jurisdiction; and
   3. (3) information requested by the commissioner under Section 152.104(a)(10) or (c)(13).

Added by Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 277 (S.B. 895), Sec. 1.01, eff. September 1, 2023.