| |
| |
|
|
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
|
|
|
AN ACT
|
|
|
relating to disclosure under the public information law of video |
|
|
evidence of a crime that resulted in the death of a person to the |
|
|
deceased person's next of kin. |
|
|
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
|
|
SECTION 1. Section 552.108, Government Code, is amended by |
|
|
adding Subsection (d) to read as follows: |
|
|
(d) The disclosure of video evidence of a crime that |
|
|
resulted in the death of a person to the deceased person's next of |
|
|
kin, as defined by Section 552.1085, is not a voluntary disclosure |
|
|
of information for purposes of Section 552.007(b) and does not |
|
|
waive the right to assert in the future that the information is |
|
|
excepted from required disclosure under this chapter. |
|
|
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
|
|
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
|
|
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
|
|
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
|
|
Act takes effect September 1, 2021. |