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AN ACT
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relating to access to certain law enforcement, corrections, and |
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prosecutorial records under the public information law. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 552.108, Government Code, is amended by |
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adding Subsection (d) to read as follows: |
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(d) The exception to disclosure provided by Subsection |
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(a)(2) does not apply to information, records, or notations if: |
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(1) a person who is described by or depicted in the |
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information, record, or notation, other than a peace officer, is |
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deceased or incapacitated; or |
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(2) each person who is described by or depicted in the |
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information, record, or notation, other than a person who is |
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deceased or incapacitated, consents to the release of the |
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information, record, or notation. |
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SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only |
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to a request for public information received by a governmental body |
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or an officer for public information on or after the effective date |
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of this Act. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |
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President of the Senate |
Speaker of the House |
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I certify that H.B. No. 30 was passed by the House on May 5, |
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2023, by the following vote: Yeas 118, Nays 24, 2 present, not |
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voting; that the House refused to concur in Senate amendments to |
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H.B. No. 30 on May 23, 2023, and requested the appointment of a |
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conference committee to consider the differences between the two |
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houses; and that the House adopted the conference committee report |
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on H.B. No. 30 on May 28, 2023, by the following vote: Yeas 125, |
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Nays 15, 2 present, not voting. |
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______________________________ |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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I certify that H.B. No. 30 was passed by the Senate, with |
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amendments, on May 22, 2023, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays |
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0; at the request of the House, the Senate appointed a conference |
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committee to consider the differences between the two houses; and |
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that the Senate adopted the conference committee report on H.B. No. |
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30 on May 28, 2023, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. |
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______________________________ |
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Secretary of the Senate |
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APPROVED: __________________ |
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Governor |