1-1 By: Ogden S.B. No. 1544
1-2 (In the Senate - Filed March 14, 1997; March 20, 1997, read
1-3 first time and referred to Committee on State Affairs;
1-4 April 10, 1997, reported favorably by the following vote: Yeas 13,
1-5 Nays 0; April 10, 1997, sent to printer.)
1-6 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-7 AN ACT
1-8 relating to public access to certain personal information about
1-9 employees of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice and certain
1-10 law enforcement personnel.
1-11 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-12 SECTION 1. Section 552.117, Government Code, is amended to
1-13 read as follows:
1-14 Sec. 552.117. EXCEPTION: CERTAIN ADDRESSES, TELEPHONE
1-15 NUMBERS, SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBERS, AND PERSONAL FAMILY INFORMATION.
1-16 Information is excepted from the requirements of Section 552.021 if
1-17 it is information that relates to the home address, home telephone
1-18 number, or social security number, or that reveals whether the
1-19 following person has family members:
1-20 (1) a current or former official or employee of a
1-21 governmental body, except as otherwise provided by Section 552.024;
1-22 [or]
1-23 (2) a peace officer as defined by Article 2.12, Code
1-24 of Criminal Procedure, or a security officer commissioned under
1-25 Section 51.212, Education Code, regardless of whether the officer
1-26 complies with Section 552.024; or
1-27 (3) an employee of the Texas Department of Criminal
1-28 Justice, regardless of whether the employee complies with Section
1-29 552.024.
1-30 SECTION 2. A prior action of a governmental body that would
1-31 have been valid under Section 552.117, Government Code, as amended
1-32 by this Act, is validated as of the date the action occurred
1-33 unless:
1-34 (1) as part of the final result of litigation that
1-35 concluded before the effective date of this Act the action of the
1-36 governmental body was declared invalid; or
1-37 (2) the action of the governmental body is involved in
1-38 litigation on the effective date of this Act and as part of the
1-39 final result of the litigation the action of the governmental body
1-40 is declared invalid.
1-41 SECTION 3. The importance of this legislation and the
1-42 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
1-43 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the
1-44 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
1-45 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended,
1-46 and that this Act take effect and be in force from and after its
1-47 passage, and it is so enacted.
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