By:  Harris of Dallas                                 S.B. No. 1346
                                 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
                                        AN ACT
    1-1  relating to disclosure of names and addresses of retirement system
    1-2  members.
    1-3        BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
    1-4        SECTION 1.  Section 815.503, Government Code, is amended to
    1-5  read as follows:
    1-6        Sec. 815.503.  MEMBERS' RECORDS.  Records of members and
    1-7  beneficiaries under retirement plans administered by the retirement
    1-8  system that are in the custody of the system are considered to be
    1-9  personnel records and are required to be treated as confidential
   1-10  information under Section 3(a)(1), Chapter 424, Acts of the 63rd
   1-11  Legislature, 1973 (Article 6252-17a, Vernon's Texas Civil
   1-12  Statutes).  However, names and addresses of members and
   1-13  beneficiaries contained in such records shall be considered public
   1-14  information.  This information shall be made available by
   1-15  photographic reproduction or computer record, and a reasonable
   1-16  charge may be made for the copies pursuant to Section 9, Article
   1-17  6252-17a, Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes.
   1-18        SECTION 2.  Section 825.507(b), Government Code, as added by
   1-19  Acts 1991, 72nd Legislature, Chapter 16, Section 11.05(j), is
   1-20  amended to read as follows:
   1-21        Sec. 825.507.  CONFIDENTIALITY OF INFORMATION ABOUT MEMBERS,
   1-22  RETIREES, ANNUITANTS, OR BENEFICIARIES.
   1-23        (b)  This section does not prevent the disclosure of the
    2-1  status or identity of an individual as a member, former member,
    2-2  retiree, deceased member or retiree, or beneficiary of the
    2-3  retirement system.  Status and identity of such individuals are
    2-4  considered public information.  "Identity" includes names and
    2-5  addresses of the individuals.  This information shall be made
    2-6  available by photographic reproduction or computer record, and a
    2-7  reasonable charge may be made for the copies pursuant to Section 9,
    2-8  Article 6252-17a, Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes.
    2-9        SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect June 1, 1993.
   2-10        SECTION 4.  The importance of this legislation and the
   2-11  crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
   2-12  emergency and an imperative public necessity that the
   2-13  constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
   2-14  days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.