By: Howard of Travis H.B. No. 1141 COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR H.B. No. 1141By: Wentworth By: Wentworth

(In the Senate - Received from the House March 19, 2007; April 3, 2007, read first time and referred to Committee on Intergovernmental Relations; May 17, 2007, reported adversely, with favorable Committee Substitute by the following vote: Yeas 4, Nays 0; May 17, 2007, sent to printer.)

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the confidentiality of certain home address information in local tax appraisal records regarding current or former peace officers and regarding a current or former 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 current or former 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) a current or former 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.

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