By: Whitmire S.B. No. 1621
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the dissemination of Criminal History Record
Information.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter C, Chapter 552, is amended by adding Section
552.155 to read as follows:
Sec. 552.155. EXCEPTION: BULK DATA COMPILED THROUGH THE
ADMINISTRATION OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE. (a) Public information that
is produced, collected, assembled, or maintained by a governmental
body through the administration of criminal justice is exempted
from bulk dissemination.
(b) In this section:
(1) "Administration of criminal justice" has the
meaning assigned by Article 60.01, Code of Criminal Procedure;
(2) "Bulk dissemination" means the production by a
governmental body of information obtained by the body through the
administration of criminal justice that relates to offenses
committed by 10 or more separate individuals.
SECTION 2. EFFECTIVE DATE. This Act takes effect immediately it
receives a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each
house, as provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.
If this Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate
effect, this Act takes effect September 1, 2013.