2003S0520-1 03/06/03


By:  Armbrister                                                   S.B. No. 1388


A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to disclosure under the public information law of certain 
documents filed with a county clerk.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Section 552.117, Government Code, is amended to 
read as follows: 
	Sec. 552.117.  EXCEPTION:  CERTAIN ADDRESSES, TELEPHONE 
NUMBERS, SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBERS, AND PERSONAL FAMILY INFORMATION.  
(a)  Information is excepted from the requirements of Section 
552.021 if it is information that relates to the home address, home 
telephone number, or social security number of the following person 
or that reveals whether the person has family members:
		(1)  a current or former official or employee of a 
governmental body, except as otherwise provided by Section 552.024;
		(2)  a peace officer as defined by Article 2.12, Code of 
Criminal Procedure, or a security officer commissioned under  
Section 51.212, Education Code, regardless of whether the officer 
complies with Section 552.024 or 552.1175, as applicable;
		(3)  an employee of the Texas Department of Criminal 
Justice, regardless of whether the employee complies with Section 
552.1175;
		(4)  a peace officer as defined by Article 2.12, Code of 
Criminal Procedure, or other law, a reserve law enforcement 
officer, a commissioned deputy game warden, or a corrections 
officer in a municipal, county, or state penal institution in this 
state who was killed in the line of duty, regardless of whether the 
deceased complied with Section 552.024 or 552.1175; or
		(5)  a commissioned security officer as defined by 
Section 1702.002, Occupations Code, regardless of whether the 
officer complies with Section 552.024 or 552.1175, as applicable.
	(b)  All documents filed with a county clerk are exempt from 
this section.
	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.