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Enrolled Bill Summary

Enrolled Bill Summary

Legislative Session: 86(R)

Senate Bill 489

Senate Author:  Zaffirini

Effective:  9-1-19

House Sponsor:  Smithee


            Senate Bill 489 amends the Election Code, Government Code, Local Government Code, Property Code, Tax Code, and Transportation Code to provide for the removal or redaction of the residence addresses of the following persons from certain records and reports: federal judges; state judges; county attorneys; spouses of federal judges, state judges, and county attorneys; and candidates for the office of state judge or county attorney. The bill requires the director of security and emergency preparedness to submit to the legislature annually a report and related recommendations on court security activities supported by the judicial security division of the Office of Court Administration of the Texas Judicial System. The bill makes provisions governing the removal or redaction of personal information in certain real property instruments applicable to any record recorded by a county clerk related to real property.