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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the redaction of certain information from a document |
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posted on the Internet by a county clerk or district clerk on |
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request of a person to whom the information relates or the judicial |
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security division of the Office of Court Administration of the |
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Texas Judicial System. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 552.117, Government Code, is amended by |
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amending Subsection (b) and adding Subsection (b-1) to read as |
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follows: |
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(b) Except as provided by Subsection (b-1), all [All] |
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documents filed with a county clerk and all documents filed with a |
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district clerk are exempt from this section. |
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(b-1) A county clerk or district clerk shall on request of a |
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person to whom this section applies redact information described by |
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Subsection (a) from the electronic image of a document posted by the |
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clerk on an Internet website that relates to the person making the |
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request if the clerk has the ability to electronically redact the |
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information from the electronic image of the posted document. A |
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county clerk or district clerk shall on request of the judicial |
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security division of the Office of Court Administration of the |
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Texas Judicial System redact information described by Subsection |
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(a) in the manner and under the conditions prescribed by this |
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subsection. A clerk that redacts an electronic image of a posted |
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document under this subsection shall include on the website a |
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statement advising members of the public that one or more documents |
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posted on the website have been redacted as required by state law. |
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SECTION 2. Section 552.1175, Government Code, is amended by |
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amending Subsection (e) and adding Subsection (e-1) to read as |
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follows: |
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(e) Except as provided by Subsection (e-1), all [All] |
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documents filed with a county clerk and all documents filed with a |
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district clerk are exempt from this section. |
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(e-1) A county clerk or district clerk shall on request of a |
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person to whom this section applies redact information described by |
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Subsection (b) from the electronic image of a document posted by the |
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clerk on an Internet website that relates to the person making the |
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request if the clerk has the ability to electronically redact the |
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information from the electronic image of the posted document. A |
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county clerk or district clerk shall on request of the judicial |
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security division of the Office of Court Administration of the |
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Texas Judicial System redact information described by Subsection |
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(b) in the manner and under the conditions prescribed by this |
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subsection. A clerk that redacts an electronic image of a posted |
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document under this subsection shall include on the website a |
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statement advising members of the public that one or more documents |
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posted on the website have been redacted as required by state law. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |