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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, as amended by |
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Chapters 34 (S.B. 1576), 41 (S.B. 256), 193 (S.B. 510), 1006 (H.B. |
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1278), and 1145 (H.B. 457), Acts of the 85th Legislature, Regular |
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Session, 2017, is reenacted and amended to read 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, and the spouse or |
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surviving spouse of the peace officer; |
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(2) the adult child of a current peace officer as |
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defined by Article 2.12, Code of Criminal Procedure; |
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(3) a county jailer as defined by Section 1701.001, |
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Occupations Code; |
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(4) an employee of the Texas Department of Criminal |
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Justice; |
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(5) a commissioned security officer as defined by |
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Section 1702.002, Occupations Code; |
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(6) an individual who shows that the individual, the |
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individual's child, or another person in the individual's household |
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is a victim of family violence as defined by Section 71.004, Family |
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Code, by providing: |
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(A) a copy of a protective order issued under |
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Chapter 85, Family Code, or a magistrate's order for emergency |
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protection issued under Article 17.292, Code of Criminal Procedure; |
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or |
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(B) other independent documentary evidence |
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necessary to show that the individual, the individual's child, or |
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another person in the individual's household is a victim of family |
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violence; |
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(7) [(6)] an individual who shows that the individual, |
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the individual's child, or another person in the individual's |
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household is a victim of sexual assault or abuse, stalking, or |
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trafficking of persons by providing: |
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(A) a copy of a protective order issued under |
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Chapter 7A or Article 6.09, Code of Criminal Procedure, or a |
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magistrate's order for emergency protection issued under Article |
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17.292, Code of Criminal Procedure; or |
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(B) other independent documentary evidence |
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necessary to show that the individual, the individual's child, or |
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another person in the individual's household is a victim of sexual |
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assault or abuse, stalking, or trafficking of persons; |
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(8) [(7)] a participant in the address |
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confidentiality program administered by the attorney general under |
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Subchapter C, Chapter 56, Code of Criminal Procedure, who provides |
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proof of certification under Article 56.84, Code of Criminal |
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Procedure; |
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(9) [(8)] a federal judge, a state judge, or the |
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spouse of a federal judge or state judge; |
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(10) a current or former district attorney, criminal |
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district attorney, or county or municipal attorney whose |
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jurisdiction includes any criminal law or child protective services |
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matters; |
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(11) [(9)] 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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(12) [(10)] an officer or employee of a community |
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supervision and corrections department established under Chapter |
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76, Government Code, who performs a duty described by Section |
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76.004(b) of that code; |
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(13) [(11)] a criminal investigator of the United |
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States as described by Article 2.122(a), Code of Criminal |
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Procedure; |
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(14) [(12)] a police officer or inspector of the |
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United States Federal Protective Service; |
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(15) [(13)] a current or former United States attorney |
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or assistant United States attorney and the spouse and child of the |
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attorney; |
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(16) [(14)] a current or former employee of the office |
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of the attorney general who is or was assigned to a division of that |
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office the duties of which involve law enforcement; |
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(17) [(15)] 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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(18) [(16)] a current or former member of the United |
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States armed forces who has served in an area that the president of |
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the 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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(19) [(17)] 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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(20) [(18)] 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; |
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(21) [(19)] 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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(22) [(18)] a current or former employee of the Texas |
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Civil Commitment Office or the predecessor in function of the |
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office or a division of the office; |
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(23) [(18)] a current or former employee of a federal |
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judge or state judge; and |
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(24) an employee of or volunteer or contractor for a |
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clinic or facility that provides abortion or family planning |
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services. |
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SECTION 2. To the extent of any conflict, this Act prevails |
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over another Act of the 86th Legislature, Regular Session, 2019, |
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relating to nonsubstantive additions to and corrections in enacted |
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codes. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |