By: Holland, et al. (Senate Sponsor - Estes) H.B. No. 457
         (In the Senate - Received from the House April 18, 2017;
  May 2, 2017, read first time and referred to Committee on Business &
  Commerce; May 22, 2017, reported adversely, with favorable
  Committee Substitute by the following vote:  Yeas 8, Nays 0;
  May 22, 2017, sent to printer.)
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  COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR H.B. No. 457 By:  Estes
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
 
  relating to the confidentiality of certain home address information
  in ad valorem tax appraisal records.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 25.025(a), Tax Code, is 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, and the spouse or
  surviving spouse of the peace officer;
               (2)  the adult child of a current peace officer as
  defined by Article 2.12, Code of Criminal Procedure;
               (3) [(2)]  a county jailer as defined by Section
  1701.001, Occupations Code;
               (4) [(3)]  an employee of the Texas Department of
  Criminal Justice;
               (5) [(4)]  a commissioned security officer as defined
  by Section 1702.002, Occupations Code;
               (6) [(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;
               (7) [(6)]  a federal judge, a state judge, or the
  spouse of a federal judge or state judge;
               (8) [(7)]  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;
               (9) [(8)]  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;
               (10) [(9)]  a criminal investigator of the United
  States as described by Article 2.122(a), Code of Criminal
  Procedure;
               (11) [(10)]  a police officer or inspector of the
  United States Federal Protective Service;
               (12) [(11)]  a current or former United States attorney
  or assistant United States attorney and the spouse and child of the
  attorney;
               (13) [(12)]  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 law enforcement;
               (14) [(13)]  a medical examiner or person who performs
  forensic analysis or testing who is employed by this state or one or
  more political subdivisions of this state;
               (15) [(14)]  a current or former member of the United
  States armed forces who has served in an area that the president of
  the United States by executive order designates for purposes of 26
  U.S.C. Section 112 as an area in which armed forces of the United
  States are or have engaged in combat;
               (16) [(15)]  a current or former employee of the Texas
  Juvenile Justice Department or of the predecessors in function of
  the department;
               (17) [(16)]  a current or former juvenile probation or
  supervision officer certified by the Texas Juvenile Justice
  Department, or the predecessors in function of the department,
  under Title 12, Human Resources Code; and
               (18) [(17)]  a current or former employee of a juvenile
  justice program or facility, as those terms are defined by Section
  261.405, Family Code.
         SECTION 2.  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, 2017.
 
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