By: Hinojosa S.B. No. 2325
(In the Senate - Filed March 13, 2009; March 31, 2009, read
first time and referred to Committee on Jurisprudence;
April 14, 2009, reported favorably by the following vote: Yeas 7,
Nays 0; April 14, 2009, sent to printer.)
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the confidentiality of certain information pertaining
to the State Commission on Judicial Conduct.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 33.032, Government Code, is amended by
adding Subsection (i) to read as follows:
(i) The discussions, thought processes, or individual votes
of members of the commission, the discussions or thought processes
of employees of the commission, including special counsel for the
commission, and the identity of a confidential complainant or
informant are confidential and privileged unless expressly waived,
in writing, by the commission or, in the case of a confidential
complainant or informant, by that individual or the legal
representative of the individual.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2009.
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