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  80R4998 JRD-D
 
  By: Howard of Travis H.B. No. 1141
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the confidentiality of certain home address information
in local tax appraisal records regarding an employee of a
prosecutor's office or of certain offices with jurisdiction over
child protective services matters.
       BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
       SECTION 1.  Section 25.025(a), Tax Code, is amended to read
as follows:
       (a)  This section applies only to:
             (1)  a peace officer as defined by Article 2.12, Code of
Criminal Procedure;
             (2)  a county jailer as defined by Section 1701.001,
Occupations Code;
             (3)  an employee of the Texas Department of Criminal
Justice;
             (4)  a commissioned security officer as defined by
Section 1702.002, Occupations Code; [and]
             (5)  a victim of family violence as defined by Section
71.004, Family Code, if as a result of the act of family violence
against the victim, the actor is convicted of a felony or a Class A
misdemeanor; and
             (6)  an employee of a district attorney, criminal
district attorney, or county or municipal attorney whose
jurisdiction includes any criminal law or child protective services
matters.
       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, 2007.