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1		-	By: McClendon (Senate Sponsor - Menéndez) H.B. No. 1311
2		-	(In the Senate - Received from the House May 6, 2015;
3		-	May 11, 2015, read first time and referred to Committee on Criminal
4		-	Justice; May 21, 2015, reported favorably by the following vote:
5		-	Yeas 7, Nays 0; May 21, 2015, sent to printer.)
6		-	Click here to see the committee vote
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9		-	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
10	4		AN ACT
11	5		relating to the confidentiality of personal information concerning
12	6		certain employees currently or formerly involved in the Texas
13	7		juvenile justice system.
14	8		BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
15	9		SECTION 1. Section 552.117(a), Government Code, is amended
16	10		to read as follows:
17	11		(a) Information is excepted from the requirements of
18	12		Section 552.021 if it is information that relates to the home
19	13		address, home telephone number, emergency contact information, or
20	14		social security number of the following person or that reveals
21	15		whether the person has family members:
22	16		(1) a current or former official or employee of a
23	17		governmental body, except as otherwise provided by Section 552.024;
24	18		(2) a peace officer as defined by Article 2.12, Code of
25	19		Criminal Procedure, or a security officer commissioned under
26	20		Section 51.212, Education Code, regardless of whether the officer
27	21		complies with Section 552.024 or 552.1175, as applicable;
28	22		(3) a current or former employee of the Texas
29	23		Department of Criminal Justice or of the predecessor in function of
30	24		the department or any division of the department, regardless of
31	25		whether the current or former employee complies with Section
32	26		552.1175;
33	27		(4) a peace officer as defined by Article 2.12, Code of
34	28		Criminal Procedure, or other law, a reserve law enforcement
35	29		officer, a commissioned deputy game warden, or a corrections
36	30		officer in a municipal, county, or state penal institution in this
37	31		state who was killed in the line of duty, regardless of whether the
38	32		deceased complied with Section 552.024 or 552.1175;
39	33		(5) a commissioned security officer as defined by
40	34		Section 1702.002, Occupations Code, regardless of whether the
41	35		officer complies with Section 552.024 or 552.1175, as applicable;
42	36		(6) an officer or employee of a community supervision
43	37		and corrections department established under Chapter 76 who
44	38		performs a duty described by Section 76.004(b), regardless of
45	39		whether the officer or employee complies with Section 552.024 or
46	40		552.1175;
47	41		(7) a current or former employee of the office of the
48	42		attorney general who is or was assigned to a division of that office
49	43		the duties of which involve law enforcement, regardless of whether
50	44		the current or former employee complies with Section 552.024 or
51	45		552.1175;
52	46		(8) a current or former employee of the Texas Juvenile
53	47		Justice Department or of the predecessors in function of the
54	48		department, regardless of whether the current or former employee
55	49		complies with Section 552.024 or 552.1175;
56	50		(9) a current or former juvenile probation or
57	51		supervision officer certified by the Texas Juvenile Justice
58	52		Department, or the predecessors in function of the department,
59	53		under Title 12, Human Resources Code, regardless of whether the
60	54		current or former officer complies with Section 552.024 or
61	55		552.1175; or
62	56		(10) a current or former employee [employees] of a
63	57		juvenile justice program or facility, as those terms are defined by
64	58		Section 261.405, Family Code, regardless of whether the current or
65	59		former employee complies with Section 552.024 or 552.1175.
66	60		SECTION 2. Section 552.1175(a), Government Code, as amended
67	61		by Chapters 937 (H.B. 1632) and 1033 (H.B. 2733), Acts of the 83rd
68	62		Legislature, Regular Session, 2013, is reenacted and amended to
69	63		read as follows:
70	64		(a) This section applies only to:
71	65		(1) peace officers as defined by Article 2.12, Code of
72	66		Criminal Procedure;
73	67		(2) county jailers as defined by Section 1701.001,
74	68		Occupations Code;
75	69		(3) current or former employees of the Texas
76	70		Department of Criminal Justice or of the predecessor in function of
77	71		the department or any division of the department;
78	72		(4) commissioned security officers as defined by
79	73		Section 1702.002, Occupations Code;
80	74		(5) employees of a district attorney, criminal
81	75		district attorney, or county or municipal attorney whose
82	76		jurisdiction includes any criminal law or child protective services
83	77		matters;
84	78		(6) officers and employees of a community supervision
85	79		and corrections department established under Chapter 76 who perform
86	80		a duty described by Section 76.004(b);
87	81		(7) criminal investigators of the United States as
88	82		described by Article 2.122(a), Code of Criminal Procedure;
89	83		(8) police officers and inspectors of the United
90	84		States Federal Protective Service;
91	85		(9) current and former employees of the office of the
92	86		attorney general who are or were assigned to a division of that
93	87		office the duties of which involve law enforcement; [and]
94	88		(10) current or former juvenile probation and
95	89		detention officers certified by the Texas Juvenile Justice
96	90		Department, or the predecessors in function of the department,
97	91		under Title 12, Human Resources Code;
98	92		(11) current or former employees of a juvenile justice
99	93		program or facility, as those terms are defined by Section 261.405,
100	94		Family Code; [and]
101	95		(12) current or former employees of the Texas Juvenile
102	96		Justice Department or the predecessors in function of the
103	97		department; and
104	98		(13) [(10)] federal judges and state judges as defined
105	99		by Section 13.0021, Election Code.
106	100		SECTION 3. Section 25.025(a), Tax Code, as reenacted and
107	101		amended by Chapters 996 (H.B. 2267) and 1028 (H.B. 2676), Acts of
108	102		the 83rd Legislature, Regular Session, 2013, is reenacted and
109	103		amended to read as follows:
110	104		(a) This section applies only to:
111	105		(1) a current or former peace officer as defined by
112	106		Article 2.12, Code of Criminal Procedure;
113	107		(2) a county jailer as defined by Section 1701.001,
114	108		Occupations Code;
115	109		(3) an employee of the Texas Department of Criminal
116	110		Justice;
117	111		(4) a commissioned security officer as defined by
118	112		Section 1702.002, Occupations Code;
119	113		(5) a victim of family violence as defined by Section
120	114		71.004, Family Code, if as a result of the act of family violence
121	115		against the victim, the actor is convicted of a felony or a Class A
122	116		misdemeanor;
123	117		(6) a federal judge, a state judge, or the spouse of a
124	118		federal judge or state judge;
125	119		(7) a current or former employee of a district
126	120		attorney, criminal district attorney, or county or municipal
127	121		attorney whose jurisdiction includes any criminal law or child
128	122		protective services matters;
129	123		(8) an officer or employee of a community supervision
130	124		and corrections department established under Chapter 76,
131	125		Government Code, who performs a duty described by Section 76.004(b)
132	126		of that code;
133	127		(9) a criminal investigator of the United States as
134	128		described by Article 2.122(a), Code of Criminal Procedure;
135	129		(10) a police officer or inspector of the United
136	130		States Federal Protective Service;
137	131		(11) a current or former United States attorney or
138	132		assistant United States attorney and the spouse and child of the
139	133		attorney;
140	134		(12) a current or former employee of the office of the
141	135		attorney general who is or was assigned to a division of that office
142	136		the duties of which involve law enforcement; [and]
143	137		(13) a medical examiner or person who performs
144	138		forensic analysis or testing who is employed by this state or one or
145	139		more political subdivisions of this state;
146	140		(14) [(13)] a current or former member of the United
147	141		States armed forces who has served in an area that the president of
148	142		the United States by executive order designates for purposes of 26
149	143		U.S.C. Section 112 as an area in which armed forces of the United
150	144		States are or have engaged in combat;
151	145		(15) a current or former employee of the Texas
152	146		Juvenile Justice Department or of the predecessors in function of
153	147		the department;
154	148		(16) a current or former juvenile probation or
155	149		supervision officer certified by the Texas Juvenile Justice
156	150		Department, or the predecessors in function of the department,
157	151		under Title 12, Human Resources Code; and
158	152		(17) a current or former employee of a juvenile
159	153		justice program or facility, as those terms are defined by Section
160	154		261.405, Family Code.
161	155		SECTION 4. To the extent of any conflict, this Act prevails
162	156		over another Act of the 84th Legislature, Regular Session, 2015,
163	157		relating to nonsubstantive additions to and corrections in enacted
164	158		codes.
165	159		SECTION 5. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
166	160		a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
167	161		provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
168	162		Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
169	163		Act takes effect September 1, 2015.
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	164	+	______________________________ ______________________________
	165	+	President of the Senate Speaker of the House
	166	+	I certify that H.B. No. 1311 was passed by the House on May 5,
	167	+	2015, by the following vote: Yeas 144, Nays 1, 2 present, not
	168	+	voting.
	169	+	______________________________
	170	+	Chief Clerk of the House
	171	+	I certify that H.B. No. 1311 was passed by the Senate on May
	172	+	22, 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0.
	173	+	______________________________
	174	+	Secretary of the Senate
	175	+	APPROVED: _____________________
	176	+	Date
	177	+	_____________________
	178	+	Governor