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1	1	By: Wentworth S.B. No. 1692
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4	4	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
5	5	AN ACT
6	6	relating to the confidentiality of certain personal information
7	7	concerning current and former employees of certain divisions of the
8	8	office of the attorney general.
9	9	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
10	10	SECTION 1. Subsection (a), Section 552.117, Government
11	11	Code, is amended to read as follows:
12	12	(a) Information is excepted from the requirements
13	13	of Section 552.021 if it is information that relates to the home
14	14	address, home telephone number, or social security number of the
15	15	following person or that reveals whether the person has family
16	16	members:
17	17	(1) a current or former official or employee of a
18	18	governmental body, except as otherwise provided by Section 552.024;
19	19	(2) a peace officer as defined by Article 2.12, Code of
20	20	Criminal Procedure, or a security officer commissioned under
21	21	Section 51.212, Education Code, regardless of whether the officer
22	22	complies with Section 552.024 or 552.1175, as applicable;
23	23	(3) a current or former employee of the Texas
24	24	Department of Criminal Justice or of the predecessor in function of
25	25	the department or any division of the department, regardless of
26	26	whether the current or former employee complies with Section
27	27	552.1175;
28	28	(4) a peace officer as defined by Article 2.12, Code of
29	29	Criminal Procedure, or other law, a reserve law enforcement
30	30	officer, a commissioned deputy game warden, or a corrections
31	31	officer in a municipal, county, or state penal institution in this
32	32	state who was killed in the line of duty, regardless of whether the
33	33	deceased complied with Section 552.024 or 552.1175;
34	34	(5) a commissioned security officer as defined by
35	35	Section 1702.002, Occupations Code, regardless of whether the
36	36	officer complies with Section 552.024 or 552.1175, as applicable;
37	37	[or]
38	38	(6) an officer or employee of a community supervision
39	39	and corrections department established under Chapter 76 who
40	40	performs a duty described by Section 76.004(b), regardless of
41	41	whether the officer or employee complies with Section 552.024 or
42	42	552.1175; or
43	43	(7) a current or former employee of the office of the
44	44	attorney general who is or was assigned to a division of that office
45	45	the duties of which involve law enforcement, regardless of whether
46	46	the current or former employee complies with Section 552.024 or
47	47	552.1175.
48	48	SECTION 2. Subsection (a), Section 552.1175, Government
49	49	Code, is amended to read as follows:
50	50	(a) This section applies only to:
51	51	(1) peace officers as defined by Article 2.12, Code of
52	52	Criminal Procedure;
53	53	(2) county jailers as defined by Section 1701.001,
54	54	Occupations Code;
55	55	(3) current or former employees of the Texas
56	56	Department of Criminal Justice or of the predecessor in function of
57	57	the department or any division of the department;
58	58	(4) commissioned security officers as defined by
59	59	Section 1702.002, Occupations Code;
60	60	(5) employees of a district attorney, criminal
61	61	district attorney, or county or municipal attorney whose
62	62	jurisdiction includes any criminal law or child protective services
63	63	matters; [and]
64	64	(6) officers and employees of a community supervision
65	65	and corrections department established under Chapter 76 who perform
66	66	a duty described by Section 76.004(b); and
67	67	(7) current and former employees of the office of the
68	68	attorney general who are or were assigned to a division of that
69	69	office the duties of which involve law enforcement.
70	70	SECTION 3. Subsection (a), Section 25.025, Tax Code, as
71	71	amended by Chapters 594 (H.B. 41), 621 (H.B. 455), and 851 (H.B.
72	72	1141), Acts of the 80th Legislature, Regular Session, 2007, is
73	73	reenacted and amended to read as follows:
74	74	(a) This section applies only to:
75	75	(1) a current or former peace officer as defined by
76	76	Article 2.12, Code of Criminal Procedure;
77	77	(2) a county jailer as defined by Section 1701.001,
78	78	Occupations Code;
79	79	(3) an employee of the Texas Department of Criminal
80	80	Justice;
81	81	(4) a commissioned security officer as defined by
82	82	Section 1702.002, Occupations Code;
83	83	(5) a victim of family violence as defined by Section
84	84	71.004, Family Code, if as a result of the act of family violence
85	85	against the victim, the actor is convicted of a felony or a Class A
86	86	misdemeanor; [and]
87	87	(6) a federal judge or state judge;
88	88	(7) [(6)] a current or former employee of a district
89	89	attorney, criminal district attorney, or county or municipal
90	90	attorney whose jurisdiction includes any criminal law or child
91	91	protective services matters;
92	92	(8) [(6)] an officer or employee of a community
93	93	supervision and corrections department established under Chapter
94	94	76, Government Code, who performs a duty described by Section
95	95	76.004(b) of that code; and
96	96	(9) a current or former employee of the office of the
97	97	attorney general who is or was assigned to a division of that office
98	98	the duties of which involve law enforcement.
99	99	SECTION 4. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
100	100	a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
101	101	provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
102	102	Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
103	103	Act takes effect September 1, 2009.