LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD
                              Austin, Texas
                                     
                    FISCAL NOTE, 77th Regular Session
  
                              March 6, 2001
  
  
          TO:  Honorable Florence Shapiro, Chair, Senate Committee on
               State Affairs
  
        FROM:  John Keel, Director, Legislative Budget Board
  
       IN RE:  SB247  by Shapleigh (Relating to the confidentiality of
               information held by governmental bodies that identifies
               certain personal information about peace officers.),
               Committee Report 1st House, Substituted
  
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*  No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.        *
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The provisions of the bill would amend the Government Code to require
that governmental bodies protect certain personal information about
peace officers if the officer submits a written request not to disclose
that information. The Tax Code would also be amended to protect personal
information found in appraisal district records about an officer if the
officer submits a written request. Written requests would have to be on
forms provided by the governmental bodies, or for appraisal districts,
forms provided by the Comptroller of Public Accounts.
  
Local Government Impact
  
No significant fiscal implication to units of local government is
anticipated.
  
  
Source Agencies:   329   Texas Real Estate Commission, 337   Board of
                   Tax Professional Examiners, 304   Comptroller of
                   Public Accounts, 696   Texas Department of Criminal
                   Justice
LBB Staff:         JK, DB, RB