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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the omission or redaction of certain personal |
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information from certain real property records. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 11.008(j), Property Code, is amended to |
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read as follows: |
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(j) On receipt of a written request from a peace officer as |
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described by Article 2A.001, Code of Criminal Procedure, a person |
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having power or authority under Article 2A.002, Code of Criminal |
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Procedure, a federal judge, including a federal bankruptcy judge, a |
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marshal of the United States Marshals Service, a United States |
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attorney, a state judge as defined by Section 572.002, Government |
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Code, or a family member as defined by Section 31.006, Finance Code, |
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of a federal judge, marshal, attorney, or state judge, the county |
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clerk shall omit or redact from an instrument described by this |
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section that is available in an online database made public by the |
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county clerk, or by a provider with which the county commissioners |
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court contracts to provide the online database, social security |
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number, driver's license number, and residence address of the peace |
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officer, person having power or authority under Article 2A.002, |
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Code of Criminal Procedure, federal judge, marshal, attorney, state |
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judge, or family member of the federal judge, marshal, attorney, or |
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state judge. |
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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. |