Amend HB 776 by adding appropriately numbered SECTIONS to
read as follows and by renumbering existing SECTIONS accordingly:
      SECTION _____. Subchapter D, Chapter 411, Government Code, is
amended by adding Section 411.048 to read as follows:
      Sec. 411.048.  THREATS AGAINST PEACE OFFICERS. (a)  In this
section:
            (1)  "Criminal justice agency" has the meaning assigned
by Article 60.01, Code of Criminal Procedure.
            (2)  "Peace officer" has the meaning assigned by
Section 1.07, Penal Code.
      (b)  The bureau of identification and records shall establish
and maintain a central index in the law enforcement information
system maintained by the department to:
            (1)  collect and disseminate information relating to an
individual's expression of intent to inflict serious bodily injury
or death on a peace officer; and
            (2)  alert a peace officer of an expression of intent
to inflict serious bodily injury or death on the officer.
      (c)  A criminal justice agency, after making each
determination required under Subsection (d), shall immediately
enter into the information system an electronic report of an
individual who expresses an intent to inflict serious bodily injury
or death on a peace officer.  The agency shall enter the
information in the form and manner provided by rules adopted by the
director.
      (d)  Before entering information collected under this section
into the information system, a criminal justice agency must
determine that the report described by Subsection (c):
            (1)  is not from an anonymous source; and
            (2)  consists of an expression of intent to inflict
serious bodily injury or death on a peace officer.
      (e)  On proper inquiry into the information system, the
department shall disseminate information collected under this
section to a criminal justice agency as reasonably necessary to
protect the safety of a peace officer.  The criminal justice agency
may use information disseminated under this subsection in the
manner provided by rules adopted by the director.
      (f)  The department shall promptly respond to a request to
disclose information collected under this section by an individual
who is the subject of the information.
      (g)  An individual who is the subject of information
collected under this section may request that the director, the
director's designee, or a court review the information to determine
whether the information complies with rules adopted by the
director.  The review shall be conducted using the same procedure
for reviewing criminal information collected under Chapter 61, Code
of Criminal Procedure.
      (h)  A peace officer or criminal justice agency is not liable
for an act or omission relating to the collection, use, or
dissemination of information collected under this section in
accordance with rules adopted by the director.
      (i)  The director may adopt rules to implement and enforce
this section.  Any rule adopted by the director under this section
must comply with the provisions of the Code of Federal Regulations,
Title 28, Part 23, as it applies to criminal intelligence systems.
      SECTION _____. Section 552.108(a), Government Code, is
amended to read as follows:
      (a)  Information held by a law enforcement agency or
prosecutor that deals with the detection, investigation, or
prosecution of crime is excepted from the requirements of Section
552.021 if:
            (1)  release of the information would interfere with
the detection, investigation, or prosecution of crime;
            (2)  it is information that deals with the detection,
investigation, or prosecution of crime only in relation to an
investigation that did not result in conviction or deferred
adjudication; <or>
            (3)  it is information relating to a threat against a
peace officer collected or disseminated under Section 411.048; or
            (4)  it is information that:
                  (A)  is prepared by an attorney representing the
state in anticipation of or in the course of preparing for criminal
litigation; or
                  (B)  reflects the mental impressions or legal
reasoning of an attorney representing the state.