81R38607 JRD-F
By: Gallego H.R. No. 2964
R E S O L U T I O N
BE IT RESOLVED by the House of Representatives of the State of
Texas, 81st Legislature, Regular Session, 2009, That House Rule 13,
Section 9(a), be suspended in part as provided by House Rule 13,
Section 9(f), to enable the conference committee appointed to
resolve the differences on Senate Bill 1068 (allowing a
governmental body to redact certain personal information under the
public information law without the necessity of requesting a
decision from the attorney general and allowing information about a
public officer or public employee to be withheld if disclosure
would pose a substantial risk of physical harm) to consider and take
action on the following matter:
House Rule 13, Sections 9(a)(3) and (4), are suspended to
permit the committee to add SECTION 4 to the bill to read as
follows:
SECTION 4. Subchapter C, Chapter 552, Government Code, is
amended by adding Section 552.151 to read as follows:
Sec. 552.151. EXCEPTION: PUBLIC EMPLOYEE OR OFFICER
PERSONAL SAFETY. Information in the custody of a governmental body
that relates to an employee or officer of the governmental body is
excepted from the requirements of Section 552.021 if, under the
specific circumstances pertaining to the employee or officer,
disclosure of the information would subject the employee or officer
to a substantial threat of physical harm.
Explanation: This addition is necessary to amend the public
information law to allow information relating to a public officer
or public employee to be withheld from disclosure if disclosure
would pose a substantial risk of physical harm.