1-1     By:  Shapleigh                                         S.B. No. 247
 1-2           (In the Senate - Filed January 12, 2001; January 16, 2001,
 1-3     read first time and referred to Committee on State Affairs;
 1-4     March 8, 2001, reported adversely, with favorable Committee
 1-5     Substitute by the following vote:  Yeas 7, Nays 0; March 8, 2001,
 1-6     sent to printer.)
 1-7     COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR S.B. No. 247                By:  Shapleigh
 1-8                            A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 1-9                                   AN ACT
1-10     relating to the confidentiality of information held by governmental
1-11     bodies that identifies certain personal information about peace
1-12     officers.
1-13           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-14           SECTION 1.  Section 552.024, Government Code, is amended by
1-15     adding Subsection (f) to read as follows:
1-16           (f)  This section does not apply to a person who is a peace
1-17     officer to whom Section 552.1175 applies.
1-18           SECTION 2.  Section 552.117, Government Code, is amended to
1-19     read as follows:
1-20           Sec. 552.117.  EXCEPTION:  CERTAIN ADDRESSES, TELEPHONE
1-21     NUMBERS, SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBERS, AND PERSONAL FAMILY INFORMATION.
1-22     Information is excepted from the requirements of Section 552.021 if
1-23     it is information that relates to the home address, home telephone
1-24     number, or social security number of the following person[,] or
1-25     that reveals whether the [following] person has family members:
1-26                 (1)  a current or former official or employee of a
1-27     governmental body, except as otherwise provided by Section 552.024;
1-28                 (2)  [a peace officer as defined by  Article 2.12, Code
1-29     of Criminal Procedure, or] a security officer commissioned under
1-30     Section 51.212, Education Code, regardless of whether the officer
1-31     complies with Section 552.024;
1-32                 (3)  an employee of the Texas Department of Criminal
1-33     Justice, regardless of whether the employee complies with Section
1-34     552.024; or
1-35                 (4)  a peace officer as defined by  Article 2.12, Code
1-36     of Criminal Procedure, or other law, a reserve law enforcement
1-37     officer, a commissioned deputy game warden, or a corrections
1-38     officer in a municipal, county, or state penal institution in this
1-39     state who was killed in the line of duty, regardless of whether the
1-40     deceased complied with Section 552.024.
1-41           SECTION 3.  Subchapter C, Chapter 552, Government Code, is
1-42     amended by adding Section 552.1175 to read as follows:
1-43           Sec. 552.1175.  CONFIDENTIALITY OF ADDRESSES, TELEPHONE
1-44     NUMBERS, SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBERS, AND PERSONAL FAMILY INFORMATION
1-45     OF PEACE OFFICERS.  (a)  Information that relates to the home
1-46     address, home telephone number, or social security number of a
1-47     peace officer, as defined by Article 2.12, Code of Criminal
1-48     Procedure, or that reveals whether the peace officer has family
1-49     members is confidential and may not be disclosed to the public
1-50     under this chapter if the peace officer:
1-51                 (1)  chooses to restrict public access to the
1-52     information; and
1-53                 (2)  notifies the governmental body of the officer's
1-54     choice on a form provided by the governmental body, accompanied by
1-55     evidence of the officer's status.
1-56           (b)  A choice made under Subsection (a) remains valid until
1-57     rescinded in writing by the peace officer.
1-58           (c)  This section does not apply to information in the tax
1-59     appraisal records of an appraisal district to which Section 25.025,
1-60     Tax Code, applies.
1-61           SECTION 4.  Chapter 25, Tax Code, is amended by adding
1-62     Section 25.025 to read as follows:
1-63           Sec. 25.025.  CONFIDENTIALITY OF CERTAIN HOME ADDRESS
1-64     INFORMATION.  (a)  Information in appraisal records under Section
 2-1     25.02 is confidential and is available only for the official use of
 2-2     the appraisal district, this state, the comptroller, and taxing
 2-3     units and political subdivisions of this state if:
 2-4                 (1)  the information identifies the home address of a
 2-5     named individual who is a peace officer as defined by Article 2.12,
 2-6     Code of Criminal Procedure; and
 2-7                 (2)  the peace officer chooses to restrict public
 2-8     access to the information on the form prescribed for that purpose
 2-9     by the comptroller under Section 5.07.
2-10           (b)  A choice made under Subsection (a) remains valid until
2-11     rescinded in writing by the peace officer.
2-12           (c)  This section does not prohibit the public disclosure of
2-13     information in appraisal records that identifies property according
2-14     to an address if the information does not identify a peace officer
2-15     who has made an election under Subsection (b) in connection with
2-16     the officer's address.
2-17           SECTION 5.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2001.
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