By: Hinojosa S.B. No. 2325

(In the Senate - Filed March 13, 2009; March 31, 2009, read first time and referred to Committee on Jurisprudence; April 14, 2009, reported favorably by the following vote: Yeas 7, Nays 0; April 14, 2009, sent to printer.)

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the confidentiality of certain information pertaining to the State Commission on Judicial Conduct.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:

SECTION 1. Section 33.032, Government Code, is amended by adding Subsection (i) to read as follows:

(i) The discussions, thought processes, or individual votes of members of the commission, the discussions or thought processes of employees of the commission, including special counsel for the commission, and the identity of a confidential complainant or informant are confidential and privileged unless expressly waived, in writing, by the commission or, in the case of a confidential complainant or informant, by that individual or the legal representative of the individual.

SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2009.

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