By Shapiro S.B. No. 354 74R2791 PEP-D A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1-1 AN ACT 1-2 relating to access to certain personal information by persons in 1-3 the custody of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice; creating 1-4 an offense and providing a penalty. 1-5 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 1-6 SECTION 1. Subchapter E, Chapter 497, Government Code, is 1-7 amended by adding Section 497.097 to read as follows: 1-8 Sec. 497.097. LIMITATION OF ACCESS BY INMATES TO PERSONAL 1-9 INFORMATION. An entity using inmate labor under this chapter shall 1-10 prevent access by an inmate at work to the following information 1-11 about any individual: 1-12 (1) home telephone number; 1-13 (2) home address; 1-14 (3) address of place of employment; 1-15 (4) age; 1-16 (5) marital status; 1-17 (6) spouse's name; 1-18 (7) children's names and ages; and 1-19 (8) social security number. 1-20 SECTION 2. Chapter 38, Penal Code, is amended by adding 1-21 Section 38.111 to read as follows: 1-22 Sec. 38.111. INMATE MISUSE OF INFORMATION GAINED THROUGH 1-23 WORK PROGRAM. (a) An inmate of the institutional division or a 1-24 person confined in a state jail felony facility commits an offense 2-1 if with intent to obtain a benefit or with intent to harm or 2-2 defraud another the inmate or person discloses or uses personal 2-3 information about another that the inmate or person has access to 2-4 by means of participation in a work program operated by or for the 2-5 institutional division or state jail division. 2-6 (b) An offense under this section is a felony of the third 2-7 degree. 2-8 SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 1995. 2-9 SECTION 4. The importance of this legislation and the 2-10 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an 2-11 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the 2-12 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several 2-13 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.