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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the online publication of home addresses of certain |
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occupational license holders. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 403, Occupations Code, is |
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amended by adding Section 403.053 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 403.053. PUBLISHING LICENSE HOLDER HOME ADDRESS |
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PROHIBITED. (a) The department may not include the home address of |
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a person licensed under this chapter in a roster, registry, or other |
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database the department publishes on the department's Internet |
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website unless the person requests that the person's home address |
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appear in the roster, registry, or other database on the website. A |
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request under this subsection must be made in the manner prescribed |
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by the department. |
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(b) The home address of a person licensed under this chapter |
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that is included in a roster, registry, or other database the |
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department maintains is public information and is not excepted from |
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required disclosure under Chapter 552, Government Code. |
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SECTION 2. Section 503.207, Occupations Code, is amended by |
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adding Subsections (c) and (d) to read as follows: |
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(c) The board may not include the home address of a person |
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licensed under this chapter in a registry the board publishes on the |
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board's Internet website unless the person requests that the |
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person's home address appear in the registry on the website. A |
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request under this subsection must be made in the manner prescribed |
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by the board. |
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(d) The home address of a person licensed under this chapter |
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that is included in the registry the board prepares under this |
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section is public information and is not excepted from required |
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disclosure under Chapter 552, Government Code. |
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SECTION 3. Section 504.055, Occupations Code, is amended by |
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adding Subsections (e) and (f) to read as follows: |
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(e) The department may not include the home address of a |
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person licensed by the department in a roster the department |
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publishes on the department's Internet website unless the person |
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requests that the person's home address appear in the roster on the |
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website. A request under this subsection must be made in the manner |
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prescribed by the department. |
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(f) The home address of a person licensed under this chapter |
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that is included in a roster the department prepares under this |
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section is public information and is not excepted from required |
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disclosure under Chapter 552, Government Code. |
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SECTION 4. Section 505.205, Occupations Code, is amended by |
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adding Subsections (d) and (e) to read as follows: |
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(d) The board may not include the home address of a person |
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licensed under this chapter in a roster the board publishes on the |
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board's Internet website unless the person requests that the |
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person's home address appear in the roster on the website. A |
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request under this subsection must be made in the manner prescribed |
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by the board. |
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(e) The home address of a person licensed under this chapter |
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that is included in the roster the board prepares under this section |
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is public information and is not excepted from required disclosure |
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under Chapter 552, Government Code. |
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SECTION 5. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |