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1	1	By: Davis S.B. No. 1638
2	2	(Geren)
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5	5	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
6	6	AN ACT
7	7	relating to the exception of certain personal information from
8	8	required disclosure under the public information law.
9	9	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
10	10	SECTION 1. Subsection (a), Section 552.024, Government
11	11	Code, is amended to read as follows:
12	12	(a) Each employee or official of a governmental body and
13	13	each former employee or official of a governmental body shall
14	14	choose whether to allow public access to the information in the
15	15	custody of the governmental body that relates to the person's home
16	16	address, home telephone number, emergency contact information, or
17	17	social security number, or that reveals whether the person has
18	18	family members.
19	19	SECTION 2. Subsection (a), Section 552.117, Government
20	20	Code, is amended to read as follows:
21	21	(a) Information is excepted from the requirements of
22	22	Section 552.021 if it is information that relates to the home
23	23	address, home telephone number, emergency contact information, or
24	24	social security number of the following person or that reveals
25	25	whether the person has family members:
26	26	(1) a current or former official or employee of a
27	27	governmental body, except as otherwise provided by Section 552.024;
28	28	(2) a peace officer as defined by Article 2.12, Code of
29	29	Criminal Procedure, or a security officer commissioned under
30	30	Section 51.212, Education Code, regardless of whether the officer
31	31	complies with Section 552.024 or 552.1175, as applicable;
32	32	(3) a current or former employee of the Texas
33	33	Department of Criminal Justice or of the predecessor in function of
34	34	the department or any division of the department, regardless of
35	35	whether the current or former employee complies with Section
36	36	552.1175;
37	37	(4) a peace officer as defined by Article 2.12, Code of
38	38	Criminal Procedure, or other law, a reserve law enforcement
39	39	officer, a commissioned deputy game warden, or a corrections
40	40	officer in a municipal, county, or state penal institution in this
41	41	state who was killed in the line of duty, regardless of whether the
42	42	deceased complied with Section 552.024 or 552.1175;
43	43	(5) a commissioned security officer as defined by
44	44	Section 1702.002, Occupations Code, regardless of whether the
45	45	officer complies with Section 552.024 or 552.1175, as applicable;
46	46	or
47	47	(6) an officer or employee of a community supervision
48	48	and corrections department established under Chapter 76 who
49	49	performs a duty described by Section 76.004(b), regardless of
50	50	whether the officer or employee complies with Section 552.024 or
51	51	552.1175.
52	52	SECTION 3. Subsection (b), Section 552.1175, Government
53	53	Code, is amended to read as follows:
54	54	(b) Information that relates to the home address, home
55	55	telephone number, emergency contact information, or social
56	56	security number of an individual to whom this section applies, or
57	57	that reveals whether the individual has family members is
58	58	confidential and may not be disclosed to the public under this
59	59	chapter if the individual to whom the information relates:
60	60	(1) chooses to restrict public access to the
61	61	information; and
62	62	(2) notifies the governmental body of the individual's
63	63	choice on a form provided by the governmental body, accompanied by
64	64	evidence of the individual's status.
65	65	SECTION 4. Subsection (a), Section 552.130, Government
66	66	Code, is amended to read as follows:
67	67	(a) Information is excepted from the requirements of
68	68	Section 552.021 if the information relates to:
69	69	(1) a motor vehicle operator's or driver's license or
70	70	permit issued by an agency of this state or another state or
71	71	country;
72	72	(2) a motor vehicle title or registration issued by an
73	73	agency of this state or another state or country; or
74	74	(3) a personal identification document issued by an
75	75	agency of this state or another state or country or a local agency
76	76	authorized to issue an identification document.
77	77	SECTION 5. Subsection (b), Section 552.139, Government
78	78	Code, is amended to read as follows:
79	79	(b) The following information is confidential:
80	80	(1) a computer network vulnerability report; [and]
81	81	(2) any other assessment of the extent to which data
82	82	processing operations, a computer, a computer program, network,
83	83	system, or system interface, or software of a governmental body or
84	84	of a contractor of a governmental body is vulnerable to
85	85	unauthorized access or harm, including an assessment of the extent
86	86	to which the governmental body's or contractor's electronically
87	87	stored information containing sensitive or critical information is
88	88	vulnerable to alteration, damage, erasure, or inappropriate use;
89	89	and
90	90	(3) a photocopy or other copy of an identification
91	91	badge issued to an official or employee of a governmental body.
92	92	SECTION 6. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
93	93	a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
94	94	provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
95	95	Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
96	96	Act takes effect September 1, 2011.