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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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records, licenses, and 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 a judge's |
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qualification for office or on receipt of a written request from a |
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federal judge, state judge, or spouse of a federal or state judge, |
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the commission shall remove or redact the residence address of a |
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federal judge, a state judge, or the spouse of a federal or state |
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judge from any report filed by the judge in the judge's capacity or |
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made available on the Internet under this chapter. |
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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(a), Property Code, is amended to |
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read as follows: |
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(a) In this section, "instrument" means a deed, [or] deed of |
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trust, or any other record recorded by a county clerk related to |
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real property, including a mineral lease, a mechanic's lien, and |
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the release of a mechanic's lien. |
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SECTION 4. Section 25.025(b), Tax Code, is amended to read |
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as follows: |
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(b) Information in appraisal records under Section 25.02 is |
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confidential and is available only for the official use of the |
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appraisal district, this state, the comptroller, and taxing units |
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and political subdivisions of this state if: |
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(1) the information identifies the home address of a |
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named individual to whom this section applies; and |
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(2) the individual: |
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(A) chooses to restrict public access to the |
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information on the form prescribed for that purpose by the |
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comptroller under Section 5.07; or |
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(B) is a federal or state judge [as defined by
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Section 572.002, Government Code], or the spouse of a federal or |
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state judge, beginning on the date the Office of Court |
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Administration of the Texas Judicial System notifies the appraisal |
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district of the judge's qualification for the judge's office. |
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SECTION 5. Section 521.121(c), Transportation Code, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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(c) The department shall establish a procedure, on a license |
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holder's qualification for office as a federal or state judge as |
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defined by Section 13.0021, Election Code [572.002, Government
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Code], to omit the residence address of the judge and the spouse of |
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the judge on the license holder's license and to include, in lieu of |
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that address, the street address of the courthouse in which the |
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license holder or license holder's spouse serves as a federal judge |
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or state judge. |
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SECTION 6. Section 254.0313, Election Code, as added by |
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this Act, applies only to a report filed by a federal judge or state |
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judge on or after the effective date of this Act. |
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SECTION 7. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |
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