By:  Wentworth                                                    S.B. No. 1015


A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the confidentiality of certain information submitted 
for purposes of a crime victim impact statement.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Subchapter C, Chapter 552, Government Code, is 
amended by adding Section 552.1325 to read as follows:
	Sec. 552.1325.  CRIME VICTIM IMPACT STATEMENT:  CERTAIN 
INFORMATION CONFIDENTIAL.  (a)  In this section:
		(1)  "Crime victim" means a person who is a victim as 
defined by Article 56.32, Code of Criminal Procedure.
		(2)  "Victim impact statement" means a victim impact 
statement under Article 56.03, Code of Criminal Procedure.
	(b)  The following information that is held by a governmental 
body or filed with a court and that is contained in a victim impact 
statement or was submitted for purposes of preparing a victim 
impact statement is confidential:
		(1)  the name, social security number, address, and 
telephone number of a crime victim; and
		(2)  any other information the disclosure of which 
would identify or tend to identify the crime victim.
	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.