By: Cuellar, R. H.B. No. 1770
73R4457 MLR-F
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-1 AN ACT
1-2 relating to release of information kept in vessel and boat records.
1-3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-4 SECTION 1. Section 31.039, Parks and Wildlife Code, is
1-5 amended to read as follows:
1-6 Sec. 31.039. PUBLIC RECORDS. The department or a county may
1-7 not release the name or address of a person in <All> ownership
1-8 records <of the department> made or kept by the department or
1-9 county under this chapter unless the request for the information is
1-10 in writing and:
1-11 (1) contains:
1-12 (A) the name and address of the person
1-13 requesting the information; and
1-14 (B) a statement that the information is to be
1-15 used for a lawful purpose; or
1-16 (2) is made by:
1-17 (A) a peace officer, as defined under Article
1-18 2.12, Code of Criminal Procedure, if the officer is acting in an
1-19 official capacity; or
1-20 (B) an official of the state or a political
1-21 subdivision of the state if the information is requested for tax
1-22 purposes <are public records>.
1-23 SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 1993.
1-24 SECTION 3. The importance of this legislation and the
2-1 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
2-2 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the
2-3 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
2-4 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.