82R12857 TRH-D
By: Lucio III H.B. No. 3556
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to a requirement that a state agency reveal the identity of
certain anonymous complainants to the person against whom the state
agency has initiated a contested case.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subtitle A, Title 10, Government Code, is
amended by adding Chapter 2010 to read as follows:
CHAPTER 2010. DISCLOSURE OF CERTAIN
INFORMATION BY STATE AGENCIES
Sec. 2010.001. DEFINITION. In this chapter, "state agency"
means an officer, board, commission, department, or other agency in
the executive branch of state government with statewide
jurisdiction that makes rules or determines contested cases.
Sec. 2010.002. IDENTITY OF COMPLAINANT. At the time a state
agency initiates a contested case against a person under Chapter
2001 in a proceeding that was initiated on the basis of an anonymous
complaint, the state agency shall disclose to the person the
identity of the complainant.
SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only
to a complaint filed with a state agency on or after the effective
date of this Act. A complaint filed with a state agency before the
effective date of this Act is subject to the law in effect on the
date the complaint is filed, and that law is continued in effect for
that purpose.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011.