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By:  Driver                                                       H.B. No. 2819



A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the confidentiality of certain information held by 
governmental bodies.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Section 25.025, Tax Code, is amended to read as 
follows:         
	Sec. 25.025.  CONFIDENTIALITY OF CERTAIN HOME ADDRESS 
INFORMATION.  (a)  This section applies only to:
		(1)  peace officers as defined by Article 2.12, Code of 
Criminal Procedure; 
		(2)  county jailers as defined by Section 1701.001, 
Occupations Code;       
		(3)  employees of the Texas Department of Criminal 
Justice; [and]
		(4)  commissioned security officers as defined by 
Section 1702.002, Occupations Code; and
		(5)  a victim of family violence, as that term is 
defined by Section 71.004, Family Code, if the offense to which the 
victim was subject resulted in a felony or Class A misdemeanor 
conviction.
	(b)  Information in appraisal records under Section 25.02 is 
confidential and is available only for the official use of the 
appraisal district, this state, the comptroller, and taxing units 
and political subdivisions of this state if:
		(1)  the information identifies the home address of a 
named individual to whom this section applies; and
		(2)  the individual chooses to restrict public access 
to the information on the form prescribed for that purpose by the 
comptroller under Section 5.07.
	(c)  A choice made under Subsection (b) remains valid until 
rescinded in writing by the individual.
	(d)  This section does not prohibit the public disclosure of 
information in appraisal records that identifies property 
according to an address if the information does not identify an 
individual who has made an election under Subsection (b) in 
connection with the individual's address.
	SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives 
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as 
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this 
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this 
Act takes effect September 1, 2003.