By Shapleigh                                           S.B. No. 247
         77R382 JD-D                           
                                A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 1-1                                   AN ACT
 1-2     relating to the confidentiality of information held by tax
 1-3     appraisal offices that identifies the home addresses of peace
 1-4     officers, certain college and university security officers, and
 1-5     employees of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice.
 1-6           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
 1-7           SECTION 1. Chapter 25, Tax Code, is amended by adding Section
 1-8     25.025 to read as follows:
 1-9           Sec. 25.025.  CONFIDENTIALITY OF CERTAIN HOME ADDRESS
1-10     INFORMATION. (a)  Information in appraisal records under Section
1-11     25.02 is confidential and is available only for the official use of
1-12     the appraisal district, this state, the comptroller, and taxing
1-13     units and political subdivisions of this state if:
1-14                 (1)  the information identifies the home address of a
1-15     named individual who is:
1-16                       (A)  a peace officer as defined by Article 2.12,
1-17     Code of Criminal Procedure;
1-18                       (B)  a security officer commissioned under
1-19     Section 51.212, Education Code; or
1-20                       (C)  an employee of the Texas Department of
1-21     Criminal Justice; and
1-22                 (2)  the peace officer, security officer, or employee
1-23     elects to restrict public access to the information on the form
1-24     prescribed for that purpose by the comptroller under Section 5.07. 
 2-1           (b)  An election under Subsection (a) remains valid until
 2-2     rescinded in writing by the peace officer, security officer, or
 2-3     employee.
 2-4           (c)  This section does not prohibit the public disclosure of
 2-5     information in appraisal records that identifies property according
 2-6     to an address if the information does not identify an individual
 2-7     who has made an election under Subsection (b) in connection with
 2-8     the individual's address.
 2-9           SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2001.