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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the confidentiality of certain home address information |
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in ad valorem tax appraisal records. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 25.025(a), Tax Code, is amended to read |
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as follows: |
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(a) This section applies only to: |
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(1) a current or former peace officer as defined by |
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Article 2.12, Code of Criminal Procedure; |
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(2) a county jailer as defined by Section 1701.001, |
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Occupations Code; |
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(3) an employee of the Texas Department of Criminal |
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Justice; |
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(4) a commissioned security officer as defined by |
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Section 1702.002, Occupations Code; |
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(5) a victim of family violence as defined by Section |
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71.004, Family Code, if as a result of the act of family violence |
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against the victim, the actor is convicted of a felony or a Class A |
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misdemeanor; |
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(6) a federal judge, a state judge, or the spouse of a |
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federal judge or state judge; |
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(7) a current or former employee of a district |
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attorney, criminal district attorney, or county or municipal |
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attorney whose jurisdiction includes any criminal law or child |
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protective services matters; |
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(8) an officer or employee of a community supervision |
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and corrections department established under Chapter 76, |
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Government Code, who performs a duty described by Section 76.004(b) |
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of that code; |
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(9) a criminal investigator of the United States as |
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described by Article 2.122(a), Code of Criminal Procedure; |
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(10) a police officer or inspector of the United |
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States Federal Protective Service; |
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(11) a current or former United States attorney or |
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assistant United States attorney and the spouse and child of the |
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attorney; |
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(12) a current or former employee of the office of the |
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attorney general who is or was assigned to a division of that office |
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the duties of which involve law enforcement; |
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(13) a medical examiner or person who performs |
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forensic analysis or testing who is employed by this state or one or |
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more political subdivisions of this state; |
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(14) a current or former member of the United States |
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armed forces who has served in an area that the president of the |
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United States by executive order designates for purposes of 26 |
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U.S.C. Section 112 as an area in which armed forces of the United |
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States are or have engaged in combat; |
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(15) a current or former employee of the Texas |
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Juvenile Justice Department or of the predecessors in function of |
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the department; |
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(16) a current or former juvenile probation or |
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supervision officer certified by the Texas Juvenile Justice |
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Department, or the predecessors in function of the department, |
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under Title 12, Human Resources Code; [and] |
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(17) a current or former employee of a juvenile |
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justice program or facility, as those terms are defined by Section |
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261.405, Family Code; and |
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(18) a current or former employee of a federal judge or |
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state judge. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |
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