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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to personal information that may be omitted from certain |
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property records and political reports and to other court security |
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measures. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 254, Election Code, is |
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amended by adding Section 254.0313 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 254.0313. OMISSION OF ADDRESS FOR JUDGE AND SPOUSE. |
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(a) In this section, "federal judge" and "state judge" have the |
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meanings assigned by Section 13.0021. |
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(b) On receiving notice from the Office of Court |
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Administration of the Texas Judicial System of the judge 's |
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qualification for the judge 's office or upon receipt of a written |
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request from a federal judge, state judge or spouse of a federal or |
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state judge, the commission shall remove or redact the residence |
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address of a federal judge, a state judge, or the spouse of a |
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federal or state judge before permitting a person to inspect a |
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report filed under this chapter or making a report filed available |
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on the Internet as required by Section 254.0401. |
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SECTION 2. Section 72.015, Government Code, is amended by |
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adding Subsection (d) to read as follows: |
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(d) The director of security and emergency preparedness |
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shall annually submit to the legislature: |
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(1) a report on court security activities throughout |
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the state supported by the judicial security division, including: |
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(A) the technical aspects of providing court |
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security; |
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(B) court security training provided or required |
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by the judicial security division; |
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(C) sufficiency of judicial security division |
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resources to evaluate and monitor court security; and |
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(D) the adequacy of funding to maintain court |
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security; and |
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(2) recommendations for: |
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(A) monitoring the use of state resources in |
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providing court security; |
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(B) improving court security; and |
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(C) increasing the amount of state funds and |
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other resources made available for court security. |
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SECTION 3. Section 11.008(j), Property Code, is amended to |
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read as follows: |
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(j) On receipt of a written request from a federal judge, |
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state judge as defined by Section 572.002, Government Code, or |
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spouse of a federal or state judge, the county clerk shall omit or |
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redact from any documents an instrument described by this section |
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that is are available in an online database made public by the |
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county clerk, or by a provider with which the county commissioners |
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court contracts to provide the online database, the social security |
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number, driver's license number, and residence address of the |
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federal judge, state judge, or spouse of the federal or state judge. |
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SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |