81R1799 JRD-F
 
  By: Fletcher H.B. No. 1773
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to the confidentiality of certain personal information
  concerning current and former employees of certain divisions of the
  office of the attorney general.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 552.1175(a), 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;
               (4)  commissioned security officers as defined
  by  Section 1702.002, Occupations Code;
               (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; [and]
               (6)  officers and employees of a community supervision
  and corrections department established under Chapter 76 who perform
  a duty described by Section 76.004(b); and
               (7)  current and former employees of the office of the
  attorney general who are or were assigned to a division of that
  office the duties of which involve criminal law enforcement.
         SECTION 2.  Section 25.025(a), Tax Code, as amended by
  Chapters 594 (H.B. 41), 621 (H.B. 455), and 851 (H.B. 1141), Acts of
  the 80th Legislature, Regular Session, 2007, is reenacted and
  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;
               (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 federal judge or state judge;
               (7) [(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;
               (8) [(6)]  an officer or employee of a community
  supervision and corrections department established under Chapter
  76, Government Code, who performs a duty described by Section
  76.004(b) of that code; and
               (9)  a current or former employee of the office of the
  attorney general who is or was assigned to a division of that office
  the duties of which involve criminal law enforcement.
         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, 2009.