By: Blanco S.B. No. 1525
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to the confidentiality of certain home address information
  in property tax appraisal records.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 25.025(a), Tax Code, is amended to read
  as follows:
         (a)  This section applies only to:
               (1)  a current or former peace officer as defined by
  Article 2.12, Code of Criminal Procedure, and the spouse or
  surviving spouse of the peace officer;
               (2)  the adult child of a current peace officer as
  defined by Article 2.12, Code of Criminal Procedure;
               (3)  a current or honorably retired county jailer as
  defined by Section 1701.001, Occupations Code;
               (4)  an employee of the Texas Department of Criminal
  Justice;
               (5)  a commissioned security officer as defined by
  Section 1702.002, Occupations Code;
               (6)  an individual who shows that the individual, the
  individual's child, or another person in the individual's household
  is a victim of family violence as defined by Section 71.004, Family
  Code, by providing:
                     (A)  a copy of a protective order issued under
  Chapter 85, Family Code, or a magistrate's order for emergency
  protection issued under Article 17.292, Code of Criminal Procedure;
  or
                     (B)  other independent documentary evidence
  necessary to show that the individual, the individual's child, or
  another person in the individual's household is a victim of family
  violence;
               (7)  an individual who shows that the individual, the
  individual's child, or another person in the individual's household
  is a victim of sexual assault or abuse, stalking, or trafficking of
  persons by providing:
                     (A)  a copy of a protective order issued under
  Subchapter A or B, Chapter 7B, Code of Criminal Procedure, or a
  magistrate's order for emergency protection issued under Article
  17.292, Code of Criminal Procedure; or
                     (B)  other independent documentary evidence
  necessary to show that the individual, the individual's child, or
  another person in the individual's household is a victim of sexual
  assault or abuse, stalking, or trafficking of persons;
               (8)  a participant in the address confidentiality
  program administered by the attorney general under Subchapter B,
  Chapter 58, Code of Criminal Procedure, who provides proof of
  certification under Article 58.059, Code of Criminal Procedure;
               (9)  a federal judge, a federal bankruptcy judge, a
  marshal of the United States Marshals Service, a state judge, or a
  family member of a federal judge, a federal bankruptcy judge, a
  marshal of the United States Marshals Service, or a state judge;
               (10)  a current or former district attorney, criminal
  district attorney, or county or municipal attorney whose
  jurisdiction includes any criminal law or child protective services
  matters;
               (11)  a current or former employee of a district
  attorney, criminal district attorney, or county or municipal
  attorney whose jurisdiction includes any criminal law or child
  protective services matters;
               (12)  an officer or employee of a community supervision
  and corrections department established under Chapter 76,
  Government Code, who performs a duty described by Section 76.004(b)
  of that code;
               (13)  a criminal investigator of the United States as
  described by Article 2.122(a), Code of Criminal Procedure;
               (14)  a current or honorably retired police officer or
  inspector of the United States Federal Protective Service;
               (15)  a current or former United States attorney,
  assistant United States attorney, federal public defender, deputy
  federal public defender, or assistant federal public defender and
  the spouse and child of the attorney or public defender;
               (16)  a current or former employee of the office of the
  attorney general who is or was assigned to a division of that office
  the duties of which involve law enforcement;
               (17)  a medical examiner or person who performs
  forensic analysis or testing who is employed by this state or one or
  more political subdivisions of this state;
               (18)  a current or former member of the United States
  armed forces who has served in an area that the president of the
  United States by executive order designates for purposes of 26
  U.S.C. Section 112 as an area in which armed forces of the United
  States are or have engaged in combat;
               (19)  a current or former employee of the Texas
  Juvenile Justice Department or of the predecessors in function of
  the department;
               (20)  a current or former juvenile probation or
  supervision officer certified by the Texas Juvenile Justice
  Department, or the predecessors in function of the department,
  under Title 12, Human Resources Code;
               (21)  a current or former employee of a juvenile
  justice program or facility, as those terms are defined by Section
  261.405, Family Code;
               (22)  a current or former employee of the Texas Civil
  Commitment Office or the predecessor in function of the office or a
  division of the office;
               (23)  a current or former employee of a federal judge or
  state judge;
               (24)  a current or former child protective services
  caseworker, adult protective services caseworker, or investigator
  for the Department of Family and Protective Services or a current or
  former employee of a department contractor performing child
  protective services caseworker, adult protective services
  caseworker, or investigator functions for the contractor on behalf
  of the department;
               (25)  an elected public officer; [and]
               (26)  a firefighter or volunteer firefighter or
  emergency medical services personnel as defined by Section 773.003,
  Health and Safety Code; and
               (27)  a current or former attorney for the Department
  of Family and Protective Services.
         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, 2023.