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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to an exception from required disclosure of information |
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related to certain crime victims maintained by a county or district |
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clerk. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter C, Chapter 552, Government Code, is |
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amended by adding Section 552.1315 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 552.1315. EXCEPTION: CONFIDENTIALITY OF CERTAIN CRIME |
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VICTIM RECORDS. Information maintained by a county or district |
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clerk is confidential and not subject to disclosure under this |
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chapter if the information identifies an individual as: |
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(1) a victim of an offense under Section 22.011 or |
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22.021, Penal Code; or |
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(2) a victim of any criminal offense, if the victim was |
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younger than 17 years of age when any element of the offense was |
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committed. |
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SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies to a |
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request for information that is received by a governmental body or |
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an officer for public information on or after the effective date of |
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this Act. |
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SECTION 3. 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, 2019. |