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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to permissible inquiries by a public information officer |
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of an educational institution to a requestor requesting information |
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about a student under the public information law. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 552.222, Government Code, is amended by |
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amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsection (d) to read as |
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follows: |
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(a) The officer for public information and the officer's |
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agent may not make an inquiry of a requestor except to establish |
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proper identification or except as provided by Subsection (b), [or] |
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(c), or (d). |
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(d) If the information requested relates to information in a |
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student record of a student at a primary or secondary school funded |
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wholly or partly by state revenue, the officer for public |
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information or the officer's agent may, to the extent allowed by |
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federal law: |
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(1) ask the requestor to state whether the requestor |
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is required to register as a sex offender under Chapter 62, Code of |
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Criminal Procedure, or under the laws of another state or the United |
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States, and |
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(2) refuse to produce the information if the requestor |
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is required to register as a sex offender under Chapter 62, Code of |
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Criminal Procedure, or under the laws of another state or the United |
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States. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect September 1, 2007. |