By: Culberson H.B. No. 528 73R2289 NSC-D A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1-1 AN ACT 1-2 relating to access to certain personal information by an inmate of 1-3 a prison or jail or an offender who is released on parole, 1-4 probation, or mandatory supervision. 1-5 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 1-6 SECTION 1. Chapter 424, Acts of the 63rd Legislature, 1-7 Regular Session, 1973 (Article 6252-17a, Vernon's Texas Civil 1-8 Statutes), is amended by adding Section 3C to read as follows: 1-9 Sec. 3C. LIMITATION OF ACCESS BY OFFENDERS TO PERSONAL 1-10 INFORMATION. (a) Notwithstanding Section 3(a) of this Act, an 1-11 officer for public records or the officer's agent may not provide 1-12 to an offender any access to or a copy of the following information 1-13 about an individual contained in a public record: 1-14 (1) home telephone number; 1-15 (2) home address; 1-16 (3) address of place of employment; 1-17 (4) age; 1-18 (5) marital status; 1-19 (6) spouse's name; 1-20 (7) children's names and ages; and 1-21 (8) social security number. 1-22 (b) In this section, "offender" means a defendant in a 1-23 criminal prosecution during the period in which the defendant: 1-24 (1) is confined by order of a court in any prison or 2-1 jail; or 2-2 (2) is under the supervision of a community 2-3 supervision and corrections department or the pardons and paroles 2-4 division of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice. 2-5 SECTION 2. Subchapter E, Chapter 497, Government Code, is 2-6 amended by adding Section 497.096 to read as follows: 2-7 Sec. 497.096. LIMITATION OF ACCESS BY INMATES TO PERSONAL 2-8 INFORMATION. An entity using inmate labor under this chapter shall 2-9 prevent access by an inmate at work to the following information 2-10 about any individual: 2-11 (1) home telephone number; 2-12 (2) home address; 2-13 (3) address of place of employment; 2-14 (4) age; 2-15 (5) marital status; 2-16 (6) spouse's name; 2-17 (7) children's names and ages; and 2-18 (8) social security number. 2-19 SECTION 3. The importance of this legislation and the 2-20 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an 2-21 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the 2-22 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several 2-23 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended, 2-24 and that this Act take effect and be in force from and after its 2-25 passage, and it is so enacted.