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By:  Anderson                                                     H.B. No. 1426



A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the confidentiality of certain information in a rabies 
vaccination certificate.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Section 826.0211(a), Health and Safety Code, is 
amended to read as follows:
	(a)  Information [that is] contained in a rabies vaccination 
certificate or in any record compiled from the information 
contained in one or more certificates that identifies or tends to 
identify an [the] owner or an address, telephone number, or other 
personally identifying information of an [the] owner of a [the] 
vaccinated animal is confidential and not subject to disclosure 
under Chapter 552, Government Code.
	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, 2005.