By Wise H.B. No. 461 76R2306 MLS-F A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1-1 AN ACT 1-2 relating to the identification of certain persons in civil cases. 1-3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 1-4 SECTION 1. Chapter 30, Civil Practice and Remedies Code, is 1-5 amended by adding Section 30.016 to read as follows: 1-6 Sec. 30.016. DISCLOSURE OF PERSONAL IDENTIFICATION 1-7 INFORMATION. (a) In a civil case in which the identity of the 1-8 plaintiff is concealed by any means, including the use of initials, 1-9 the identity of the defendant shall be concealed by similar means. 1-10 (b) The court may enforce this section by contempt 1-11 proceedings or by other appropriate means. 1-12 SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 1999, and 1-13 applies only to a cause of action that accrues on or after that 1-14 date. A cause of action that accrues before the effective date of 1-15 this Act is governed by the law in effect at the time the action 1-16 accrued, and that law is continued in effect for that purpose. 1-17 SECTION 3. The importance of this legislation and the 1-18 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an 1-19 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the 1-20 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several 1-21 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.