| 1 | 1 | | By: Wentworth S.B. No. 2154 |
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| 4 | 4 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 5 | 5 | | AN ACT |
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| 6 | 6 | | relating to the confidentiality of certain travel vouchers |
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| 7 | 7 | | submitted by certain peace officers. |
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| 8 | 8 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 9 | 9 | | SECTION 1. Subchapter H, Chapter 660, Government Code, is |
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| 10 | 10 | | amended by adding Section 660.2035 to read as follows: |
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| 11 | 11 | | Sec. 660.2035. CONFIDENTIALITY OF CERTAIN PEACE OFFICER |
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| 12 | 12 | | VOUCHERS. (a) A voucher submitted or to be submitted under |
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| 13 | 13 | | Section 660.027 is confidential and may not be disclosed under |
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| 14 | 14 | | Chapter 552 if: |
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| 15 | 15 | | (1) the voucher is submitted or is to be submitted for |
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| 16 | 16 | | payment or reimbursement of a travel expense incurred by a peace |
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| 17 | 17 | | officer who is assigned to provide protection for an elected |
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| 18 | 18 | | official of this state or a member of the elected official's family; |
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| 19 | 19 | | and |
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| 20 | 20 | | (2) the travel expense was incurred by the peace |
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| 21 | 21 | | officer in providing protection for the elected official or family. |
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| 22 | 22 | | (b) A state agency that submits a voucher described by |
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| 23 | 23 | | Subsection (a) shall provide to a person, on request, a summary of |
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| 24 | 24 | | the amounts paid or reimbursed by the comptroller in response to the |
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| 25 | 25 | | voucher and a summary of any goods and services acquired for which a |
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| 26 | 26 | | travel expense is claimed under the voucher. |
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| 27 | 27 | | SECTION 2. Section 660.2035, Government Code, as added by |
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| 28 | 28 | | this Act, applies according to its terms in relation to travel |
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| 29 | 29 | | vouchers that have not been released before the effective date of |
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| 30 | 30 | | this Act. |
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| 31 | 31 | | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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| 32 | 32 | | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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| 33 | 33 | | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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| 34 | 34 | | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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| 35 | 35 | | Act takes effect September 1, 2009. |
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