Enrolled Bill Summary

            House Bill 1452 amends the Agriculture Code to prohibit a governmental entity from disclosing certain information relating to the use and users of livestock predator control devices. The bill prohibits disclosure of the name, address, and telephone number of a private pesticide applicator license holder who is authorized to use a predator control device, if disclosure would reveal that authority or the license holder's use or intended use of such a device. It prohibits disclosure of the same information relating to a landowner or operator where such devices have been used, are being used, or are intended to be used, if disclosure of the information would reveal that use. The bill also prohibits disclosure of information identifying land involved in the use of a predator control device, if disclosure would reveal the protected name, address, and telephone number of the landowner or operator. A list of exceptions allows disclosure of information about a private pesticide applicator license holder to an authorized distributor of predator control devices, another Texas governmental entity in connection with public business, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency under a cooperative agreement, another federal agency that subpoenas the information from the governmental entity, or the appropriate agency or court in an administrative or judicial proceeding in which the private pesticide applicator license holder is a defendant. The bill provides that a governmental entity and its officers and employees are immune from civil or criminal liability for unintentional violation of these provisions.