| |
| |
|
|
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
|
|
|
AN ACT
|
|
|
relating to an exception from required disclosure under the public |
|
|
information law for certain personal information obtained by |
|
|
certain flood control districts. |
|
|
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
|
|
SECTION 1. Subchapter C, Chapter 552, Government Code, is |
|
|
amended by adding Section 552.159 to read as follows: |
|
|
Sec. 552.159. EXCEPTION: CERTAIN PERSONAL INFORMATION |
|
|
OBTAINED BY FLOOD CONTROL DISTRICT. The following information |
|
|
obtained by a flood control district located in a county with a |
|
|
population of 3.3 million or more in connection with operations |
|
|
related to a declared disaster or flooding is excepted from the |
|
|
requirements of Section 552.021: |
|
|
(1) a person's name; |
|
|
(2) a home address; |
|
|
(3) a business address; |
|
|
(4) a home telephone number; |
|
|
(5) a mobile telephone number; |
|
|
(6) an electronic mail address; |
|
|
(7) social media account information; and |
|
|
(8) a social security number. |
|
|
SECTION 2. Section 552.159, Government Code, as added by |
|
|
this Act, applies only to a request for public information received |
|
|
on or after the effective date of this Act. A request received |
|
|
before that date is governed by the law in effect when the request |
|
|
was received, and the former law is continued in effect for that |
|
|
purpose. |
|
|
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |