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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the availability of dates of birth under the public |
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information law. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 552, Government Code, is |
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amended by adding Section 552.0223 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 552.0223. DATES OF BIRTH. Notwithstanding Section |
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552.101, this chapter does not authorize a governmental body to |
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withhold a person's date of birth: |
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(1) in correctional or prosecutorial records, |
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including arrest, charge, indictment, conviction and deferred |
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adjudication, and inmate information; or |
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(2) in applications filed by candidates for elective |
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office pursuant to Section 141.031 and Chapters 143 and 144, Texas |
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Elections Code. |
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SECTION 2. The changes in law made by this Act apply only to |
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a request for information that is received by a governmental body or |
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an officer for public information on or after the effective date of |
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this Act. A request for information that was received before the |
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effective date of this Act is governed by the law in effect on the |
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date the request was received, and the former law is continued in |
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effect for that purpose. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect September 1. 2023 |