By:  Wentworth                                                    S.B. No. 1015
	(In the Senate - Filed March 7, 2003; March 13, 2003, read 
first time and referred to Committee on Criminal Justice; 
April 10, 2003, reported favorably, as amended, by the following 
vote:  Yeas 4, Nays 0; April 10, 2003, sent to printer.)


COMMITTEE AMENDMENT NO. 1                                                By:  Whitmire

	Amend S.B. No. 1015 in SECTION 1 of the bill (Introduced 
version page 1, lines 13-14; Committee printing page 1, lines 
25-26), between "held by a" and "or filed with a court" by striking "
law enforcement agency or prosecutor" and substituting "
governmental body".


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 law 
enforcement agency or prosecutor 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.



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