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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the confidentiality of information in ad valorem tax |
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appraisal records that identifies the home address of certain state |
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and federal judges. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 25.025, Tax Code, is amended by amending |
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Subsection (a) and adding Subsection (a-1) to read as follows: |
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(a) This section applies only to: |
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(1) a peace officer as defined by Article 2.12, Code of |
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Criminal Procedure; |
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(2) a county jailer as defined by Section 1701.001, |
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Occupations Code; |
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(3) an employee of the Texas Department of Criminal |
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Justice; |
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(4) a commissioned security officer as defined by |
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Section 1702.002, Occupations Code; [and] |
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(5) a victim of family violence as defined by Section |
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71.004, Family Code, if as a result of the act of family violence |
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against the victim, the actor is convicted of a felony or a Class A |
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misdemeanor; and |
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(6) a state judge or a federal judge. |
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(a-1) In this section: |
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(1) "State judge" means the judge of a district court |
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or a county court at law of this state. |
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(2) "Federal judge" means: |
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(A) the judge of a United States district court |
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in this state; |
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(B) the judge of a United States bankruptcy court |
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in this state; and |
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(C) a magistrate judge of a United States |
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district court in this state. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2007. |