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1	1	82R20064 RWG-D
2	2	By: Fletcher H.B. No. 1046
3	3	Substitute the following for H.B. No. 1046:
4	4	By: Cook C.S.H.B. No. 1046
5	5
6	6
7	7	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
8	8	AN ACT
9	9	relating to the confidentiality of certain personal information
10	10	concerning current and former employees of certain divisions of the
11	11	office of attorney general.
12	12	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
13	13	SECTION 1. Section 552.117(a), Government Code, is amended
14	14	to read as follows:
15	15	(a) Information is excepted from the requirements
16	16	of Section 552.021 if it is information that relates to the home
17	17	address, home telephone number, or social security number of the
18	18	following person or that reveals whether the person has family
19	19	members:
20	20	(1) a current or former official or employee of a
21	21	governmental body, except as otherwise provided by Section 552.024;
22	22	(2) a peace officer as defined by Article 2.12, Code of
23	23	Criminal Procedure, or a security officer commissioned under
24	24	Section 51.212, Education Code, regardless of whether the officer
25	25	complies with Section 552.024 or 552.1175, as applicable;
26	26	(3) a current or former employee of the Texas
27	27	Department of Criminal Justice or of the predecessor in function of
28	28	the department or any division of the department, regardless of
29	29	whether the current or former employee complies with Section
30	30	552.1175;
31	31	(4) a peace officer as defined by Article 2.12, Code of
32	32	Criminal Procedure, or other law, a reserve law enforcement
33	33	officer, a commissioned deputy game warden, or a corrections
34	34	officer in a municipal, county, or state penal institution in this
35	35	state who was killed in the line of duty, regardless of whether the
36	36	deceased complied with Section 552.024 or 552.1175;
37	37	(5) a commissioned security officer as defined by
38	38	Section 1702.002, Occupations Code, regardless of whether the
39	39	officer complies with Section 552.024 or 552.1175, as applicable;
40	40	[or]
41	41	(6) an officer or employee of a community supervision
42	42	and corrections department established under Chapter 76 who
43	43	performs a duty described by Section 76.004(b), regardless of
44	44	whether the officer or employee complies with Section 552.024 or
45	45	552.1175; or
46	46	(7) a current or former employee of the office of the
47	47	attorney general who is or was assigned to a division of that office
48	48	the duties of which involve law enforcement, regardless of whether
49	49	the current or former employee complies with Section 552.024 or
50	50	552.1175.
51	51	SECTION 2. Section 552.1175(a), Government Code, is amended
52	52	to read as follows:
53	53	(a) This section applies only to:
54	54	(1) peace officers as defined by Article 2.12, Code of
55	55	Criminal Procedure;
56	56	(2) county jailers as defined by Section 1701.001,
57	57	Occupations Code;
58	58	(3) current or former employees of the Texas
59	59	Department of Criminal Justice or of the predecessor in function of
60	60	the department or any division of the department;
61	61	(4) commissioned security officers as defined by
62	62	Section 1702.002, Occupations Code;
63	63	(5) employees of a district attorney, criminal
64	64	district attorney, or county or municipal attorney whose
65	65	jurisdiction includes any criminal law or child protective services
66	66	matters;
67	67	(6) officers and employees of a community supervision
68	68	and corrections department established under Chapter 76 who perform
69	69	a duty described by Section 76.004(b);
70	70	(7) criminal investigators of the United States as
71	71	described by Article 2.122(a), Code of Criminal Procedure; [and]
72	72	(8) police officers and inspectors of the United
73	73	States Federal Protective Service; and
74	74	(9) current and former employees of the office of the
75	75	attorney general who are or were assigned to a division of that
76	76	office the duties of which involve law enforcement.
77	77	SECTION 3. Section 25.025(a), Tax Code, is amended to read
78	78	as follows:
79	79	(a) This section applies only to:
80	80	(1) a current or former peace officer as defined by
81	81	Article 2.12, Code of Criminal Procedure;
82	82	(2) a county jailer as defined by Section 1701.001,
83	83	Occupations Code;
84	84	(3) an employee of the Texas Department of Criminal
85	85	Justice;
86	86	(4) a commissioned security officer as defined by
87	87	Section 1702.002, Occupations Code;
88	88	(5) a victim of family violence as defined by Section
89	89	71.004, Family Code, if as a result of the act of family violence
90	90	against the victim, the actor is convicted of a felony or a Class A
91	91	misdemeanor;
92	92	(6) a federal judge, a state judge, or the spouse of a
93	93	federal judge or state judge;
94	94	(7) a current or former employee of a district
95	95	attorney, criminal district attorney, or county or municipal
96	96	attorney whose jurisdiction includes any criminal law or child
97	97	protective services matters;
98	98	(8) an officer or employee of a community supervision
99	99	and corrections department established under Chapter 76,
100	100	Government Code, who performs a duty described by Section 76.004(b)
101	101	of that code;
102	102	(9) a criminal investigator of the United States as
103	103	described by Article 2.122(a), Code of Criminal Procedure; [and]
104	104	(10) a police officer or inspector of the United
105	105	States Federal Protective Service; and
106	106	(11) a current or former employee of the office of the
107	107	attorney general who is or was assigned to a division of that office
108	108	the duties of which involve law enforcement.
109	109	SECTION 4. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
110	110	a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
111	111	provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
112	112	Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
113	113	Act takes effect September 1, 2011.