88R6338 TJB-D
 
  By: Burns H.B. No. 1765
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to the redaction of certain information from a document
  posted on the Internet by a county clerk or district clerk on
  request of a person to whom the information relates.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 552.117, Government Code, is amended by
  amending Subsection (b) and adding Subsection (b-1) to read as
  follows:
         (b)  Except as provided by Subsection (b-1), all [All]
  documents filed with a county clerk and all documents filed with a
  district clerk are exempt from this section.
         (b-1)  A county clerk or district clerk shall on request of a
  person to whom this section applies redact information described by
  Subsection (a) from a document posted by the clerk on an Internet
  website that relates to the person making the request if the clerk
  has the ability to electronically redact the information from the
  posted document.
         SECTION 2.  Section 552.1175, Government Code, is amended by
  amending Subsection (e) and adding Subsection (e-1) to read as
  follows:
         (e)  Except as provided by Subsection (e-1), all [All]
  documents filed with a county clerk and all documents filed with a
  district clerk are exempt from this section.
         (e-1)  A county clerk or district clerk shall on request of a
  person to whom this section applies redact information described by
  Subsection (b) from a document posted by the clerk on an Internet
  website that relates to the person making the request if the clerk
  has the ability to electronically redact the information from the
  posted document.
         SECTION 3.  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, 2023.