AN ACT

 1-1     relating to public access to certain personal information about

 1-2     employees of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice and certain

 1-3     law enforcement personnel.

 1-4           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:

 1-5           SECTION 1.  Section 552.117, Government Code, is amended to

 1-6     read as follows:

 1-7           Sec. 552.117.  EXCEPTION:  CERTAIN ADDRESSES, TELEPHONE

 1-8     NUMBERS, SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBERS, AND PERSONAL FAMILY INFORMATION.

 1-9     Information is excepted from the requirements of Section 552.021 if

1-10     it is information that relates to the home address, home telephone

1-11     number, or social security number, or that reveals whether the

1-12     following person has family members:

1-13                 (1)  a current or former official or employee of a

1-14     governmental body, except as otherwise provided by Section 552.024;

1-15     [or]

1-16                 (2)  a peace officer as defined by Article 2.12, Code

1-17     of Criminal Procedure, or a security officer commissioned under

1-18     Section 51.212, Education Code, regardless of whether the officer

1-19     complies with Section 552.024; or

1-20                 (3)  an employee of the Texas Department of Criminal

1-21     Justice, regardless of whether the employee complies with Section

1-22     552.024.

1-23           SECTION 2.  A prior action of a governmental body that would

 2-1     have been valid under Section 552.117, Government Code, as amended

 2-2     by this Act, is validated as of the date the action occurred

 2-3     unless:

 2-4                 (1)  as part of the final result of litigation that

 2-5     concluded before the effective date of this Act the action of the

 2-6     governmental body was declared invalid; or

 2-7                 (2)  the action of the governmental body is involved in

 2-8     litigation on the effective date of this Act and as part of the

 2-9     final result of the litigation the action of the governmental body

2-10     is declared invalid.

2-11           SECTION 3.  The importance of this legislation and the

2-12     crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an

2-13     emergency and an imperative public necessity that the

2-14     constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several

2-15     days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended,

2-16     and that this Act take effect and be in force from and after its

2-17     passage, and it is so enacted.

         _______________________________     _______________________________

             President of the Senate              Speaker of the House

               I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1544 passed the Senate on

         April 17, 1997, by the following vote:  Yeas 31, Nays 0.

                                             _______________________________

                                                 Secretary of the Senate

               I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1544 passed the House on

         May 16, 1997, by the following vote:  Yeas 141, Nays 0, two present

         not voting.

                                             _______________________________

                                                 Chief Clerk of the House

         Approved:

         _______________________________

                     Date

         _______________________________

                   Governor