By Coleman                                            H.B. No. 1380
         77R3282 JRD-D                           
                                A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 1-1                                   AN ACT
 1-2     relating to protecting, under the public information law, the
 1-3     identity of a victim of violence or threatened violence.
 1-4           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
 1-5           SECTION 1.  Section 552.108, Government Code, is amended by
 1-6     amending Subsection (c) and adding Subsections (d) and (e) to read
 1-7     as follows:
 1-8           (c)  Except as provided by Subsections (d) and (e), this
 1-9     [This] section does not except from the requirements of Section
1-10     552.021 information that is basic information about an arrested
1-11     person, an arrest, or a crime.
1-12           (d)  Information held by a law enforcement agency or
1-13     prosecutor is excepted from the requirements of Section 552.021 as
1-14     provided by this subsection and Subsection (e) if the information
1-15     reveals or tends to reveal the identity of a victim of:
1-16                 (1)  an offense under Title 5, Penal Code, Chapter 29,
1-17     Penal Code, or Section 42.072, Penal Code; or
1-18                 (2)  an offense that is preparatory to an offense
1-19     listed in Subdivision (1).
1-20           (e)  Information is excepted from required disclosure under
1-21     Subsection (d) only until the earlier of:
1-22                 (1)  the date by which each person who committed the
1-23     offense has been apprehended and has been convicted, acquitted of,
1-24     or granted deferred adjudication for the offense; or
 2-1                 (2)  the second anniversary of the date the offense was
 2-2     committed.
 2-3           SECTION 2.  The changes in law made by this Act apply without
 2-4     regard to the date on which an offense was committed or the date on
 2-5     which information related to the offense was requested under
 2-6     Chapter 552, Government Code.
 2-7           SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
 2-8     a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
 2-9     provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this
2-10     Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
2-11     Act takes effect September 1, 2001.