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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