By: Wentworth S.B. No. 450
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the confidentiality of certain personal information
regarding the employees of a prosecutor's office or of an office
with jurisdiction over child protective services.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. The heading to Section 552.1175, Government
Code, is amended to read as follows:
Sec. 552.1175. CONFIDENTIALITY OF ADDRESSES, TELEPHONE
NUMBERS, SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBERS, AND PERSONAL FAMILY INFORMATION
OF PEACE OFFICERS, COUNTY JAILERS, SECURITY OFFICERS, AND EMPLOYEES
OF THE TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE OR A PROSECUTOR'S
OFFICE.
SECTION 2. Subsection (a), Section 552.1175, Government
Code, is amended to read as follows:
(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) current or former employees of the Texas
Department of Criminal Justice or of the predecessor in function of
the department or any division of the department; [and]
(4) commissioned security officers as defined by
Section 1702.002, Occupations Code; and
(5) employees of a district attorney, criminal
district attorney, or county or municipal attorney whose
jurisdiction includes any criminal law or child protective services
matters.
SECTION 3. 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.