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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the disclosure of certain fraud detection information |
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obtained in the administration of the unemployment compensation |
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system. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter F, Chapter 301, Labor Code, is |
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amended by adding Section 301.087 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 301.087. CERTAIN FRAUD DETECTION INFORMATION NOT |
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PUBLIC INFORMATION. (a) In this section, "fraud detection |
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information" means any information, including risk assessments, |
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reports, data, protocols, technology specifications, manuals, |
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instructions, investigative materials, crossmatches, mental |
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impressions, and communications, that may reveal the methods or |
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means by which the commission prevents, investigates, or evaluates |
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fraud in its administration of Subtitle A. |
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(b) Fraud detection information is not public information |
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for purposes of Chapter 552, Government Code, and is excepted from |
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the requirements of Section 552.021 of that code. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a 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, 2025. |