81R6347 JRD-F
By: Wentworth S.B. No. 1071
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the required disclosure under the public information
law of information pertaining to an employee or trustee of a public
employee pension system.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 552, Government Code, is
amended by adding Section 552.0221 to read as follows:
Sec. 552.0221. EMPLOYEE OR TRUSTEE OF PUBLIC EMPLOYEE
PENSION SYSTEM. Information concerning the employment of an
employee of a public employee pension system or concerning the
service as trustee of a trustee of a public employee pension system
that is public information under the terms of this chapter,
including information concerning the income, salary, benefits, and
bonuses received from the pension system by the employee or trustee
in the person's capacity as an employee or trustee of the system, is
public information and is not removed from the application of this
chapter, made confidential, or otherwise excepted from the
requirements of Section 552.021 by the following statutes or by
similar statutes intended to protect the records of persons as
members, beneficiaries, or retirees of a public employee pension
system in their capacity as such:
(1) Sections 615.045, 803.402, 815.503, 825.507,
840.402, 845.115, 855.115, and 865.019 of this code; and
(2) the following provisions of Acts and articles as
compiled in Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes:
(A) Section 32, Article 6243e;
(B) Section 17, Article 6243e.2(1);
(C) Section 29, Article 6243g-4;
(D) Section 26, Article 6243h;
(E) Section 13, Article 6243n;
(F) Section 3.14, Article 6243n-1;
(G) Section 3.01(h), Article 6243o; and
(H) Section 3.01(i), Article 6243q.
SECTION 2. Section 552.0221, Government Code, as added by
this Act, applies only in relation to a request for public
information made on or after the effective date of this Act.
SECTION 3. 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, 2009.