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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to access under the public information law to certain |
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information held by a law enforcement agency or prosecutor. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 552.108(d), Government Code, as added by |
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Chapter 986 (H.B. 30), Acts of the 88th Legislature, Regular |
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Session, 2023, is redesignated as Section 552.108(c-1), Government |
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Code, and amended to read as follows: |
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(c-1) [(d)] The exceptions [exception] to disclosure |
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provided by Subsections [Subsection] (a)(2) and (b)(2) do [does] |
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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 changes in law made by this Act to Section |
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552.108, Government Code, apply only to a request for information |
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that is received by a governmental body or an officer or employee of |
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a governmental body on or after the effective date of this Act. A |
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request for information that was received before the effective date |
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of this Act is governed by the law in effect on the date the request |
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was received, and the former law is continued in effect for that |
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purpose. |
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SECTION 3. To the extent of any conflict, this Act prevails |
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over another Act of the 89th Legislature, Regular Session, 2025, |
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relating to nonsubstantive additions to and corrections in enacted |
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codes. |
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SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025. |