By: Nelson S.B. No. 281
 
 
 
   
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to the confidentiality of the home address information of
  the spouses of certain federal judges and certain state judges.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Subsection (b), Section 13.0021, Election Code,
  is amended to read as follows:
         (b)  If the registration applicant is a federal judge, a [or]
  state judge, or the spouse of a state judge or a federal judge who
  seeks to have the applicant's residence address omitted from the
  registration list, the applicant shall include with the application
  an affidavit stating that the applicant is a federal judge or state
  judge or the spouse of a federal judge or state judge.
         SECTION 2.  Subsections (c) and (d), Section 13.004,
  Election Code, are amended to read as follows:
         (c)  The following information furnished on a registration
  application is confidential and does not constitute public
  information for purposes of Chapter 552, Government Code:
               (1)  a social security number;
               (2)  a Texas driver's license number;
               (3)  a number of a personal identification card issued
  by the Department of Public Safety;
               (4)  an indication that an applicant is interested in
  working as an election judge; or
               (5)  the residence address of the applicant, if the
  applicant is a federal judge or state judge, as defined by Section
  13.0021, or the spouse of a federal judge or state judge, and
  included an affidavit with the registration application under
  Section 13.0021 or the registrar has received an affidavit
  submitted under Section 15.0215.
         (d)  The voter registrar or other county official who has
  access to the information furnished on a registration application
  may not post the following information on a website:
               (1)  a telephone number;
               (2)  a social security number;
               (3)  a driver's license number or a number of a personal
  identification card;
               (4)  a date of birth; or
               (5)  the residence address of a voter who is a federal
  judge or state judge, as defined by Section 13.0021, or the spouse
  of a federal judge or state judge, if the voter included an
  affidavit with the application under Section 13.0021 or the
  registrar has received an affidavit submitted under Section
  15.0215.
         SECTION 3.  Subsection (b), Section 15.0215, Election Code,
  is amended to read as follows:
         (b)  A federal judge, a [or] state judge, or the spouse of a
  federal judge or state judge who is registered to vote may at any
  time submit to the registrar of the county in which the judge
  resides an affidavit stating that the voter is a federal judge or
  state judge or the spouse of a federal judge or state judge.
         SECTION 4.  Subsection (d), Section 15.081, Election Code,
  is amended to read as follows:
         (d)  Notwithstanding Subsection (b), the suspense list may
  not contain the residence address of a voter who is a federal judge,
  a [or] state judge, or the spouse of a federal judge or state judge,
  if the voter included an affidavit with the voter's registration
  application under Section 13.0021 or the registrar received an
  affidavit submitted under Section 15.0215 before the list was
  prepared. In this subsection, "federal judge" and "state judge"
  have the meanings assigned by Section 13.0021.
         SECTION 5.  Subsection (c), Section 18.005, Election Code,
  is amended to read as follows:
         (c)  The original or supplemental list of registered voters
  may not contain the residence address of a voter who is a federal
  judge, a [or] state judge, or the spouse of a federal judge or state
  judge, if the voter included an affidavit with the voter's
  registration application under Section 13.0021 or the registrar
  received an affidavit submitted under Section 15.0215 before the
  list was prepared.  In this subsection, "federal judge" and "state
  judge" have the meanings assigned by Section 13.0021.
         SECTION 6.  Subsection (b), Section 18.066, Election Code,
  is amended to read as follows:
         (b)  Information furnished under this section may not
  include:
               (1)  a voter's social security number; or
               (2)  the residence address of a voter who is a federal
  judge or state judge, as defined by Section 13.0021, or the spouse
  of a federal judge or state judge, if the voter included an
  affidavit with the voter's registration application under Section
  13.0021 or the applicable registrar has received an affidavit
  submitted under Section 15.0215.
         SECTION 7.  Subsection (a), Section 25.025, 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, a [or] state judge, or the spouse
  of 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; and
               (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.
         SECTION 8.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2009.