Texas 2015 - 84th Regular

Texas Senate Bill SB661 Compare Versions

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1	1	84R6643 TSR-F
2	2	By: Estes S.B. No. 661
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5	5	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
6	6	AN ACT
7	7	relating to the confidentiality of certain information concerning
8	8	service members of the state military forces.
9	9	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
10	10	SECTION 1. Subchapter E, Chapter 437, Government Code, is
11	11	amended by adding Section 437.232 to read as follows:
12	12	Sec. 437.232. CONFIDENTIALITY OF CERTAIN INFORMATION. (a)
13	13	Information that relates to the military service of a service
14	14	member ordered to state active duty, including the service member's
15	15	orders and the location of the service member's deployment, is
16	16	confidential and not subject to Chapter 552 during the period the
17	17	service member remains ordered to state active duty.
18	18	(b) After a service member is relieved from duty,
19	19	information pertaining to the service member's state active duty is
20	20	public information and is not excepted from required disclosure
21	21	under Chapter 552, subject to state and federal laws governing
22	22	disclosure of military information.
23	23	SECTION 2. Section 552.117(a), Government Code, is amended
24	24	to read as follows:
25	25	(a) Information is excepted from the requirements of
26	26	Section 552.021 if it is information that relates to the home
27	27	address, home telephone number, emergency contact information, or
28	28	social security number of the following person or that reveals
29	29	whether the person has family members:
30	30	(1) a current or former official or employee of a
31	31	governmental body, except as otherwise provided by Section 552.024;
32	32	(2) a peace officer as defined by Article 2.12, Code of
33	33	Criminal Procedure, or a security officer commissioned under
34	34	Section 51.212, Education Code, regardless of whether the officer
35	35	complies with Section 552.024 or 552.1175, as applicable;
36	36	(3) a current or former employee of the Texas
37	37	Department of Criminal Justice or of the predecessor in function of
38	38	the department or any division of the department, regardless of
39	39	whether the current or former employee complies with Section
40	40	552.1175;
41	41	(4) a peace officer as defined by Article 2.12, Code of
42	42	Criminal Procedure, or other law, a reserve law enforcement
43	43	officer, a commissioned deputy game warden, or a corrections
44	44	officer in a municipal, county, or state penal institution in this
45	45	state who was killed in the line of duty, regardless of whether the
46	46	deceased complied with Section 552.024 or 552.1175;
47	47	(5) a commissioned security officer as defined by
48	48	Section 1702.002, Occupations Code, regardless of whether the
49	49	officer complies with Section 552.024 or 552.1175, as applicable;
50	50	(6) an officer or employee of a community supervision
51	51	and corrections department established under Chapter 76 who
52	52	performs a duty described by Section 76.004(b), regardless of
53	53	whether the officer or employee complies with Section 552.024 or
54	54	552.1175;
55	55	(7) a current or former employee of the office of the
56	56	attorney general who is or was assigned to a division of that office
57	57	the duties of which involve law enforcement, regardless of whether
58	58	the current or former employee complies with Section 552.024 or
59	59	552.1175;
60	60	(8) a current or former employee of the Texas Juvenile
61	61	Justice Department or of the predecessors in function of the
62	62	department, regardless of whether the current or former employee
63	63	complies with Section 552.1175;
64	64	(9) a juvenile probation or supervision officer
65	65	certified by the Texas Juvenile Justice Department, or the
66	66	predecessors in function of the department, under Title 12, Human
67	67	Resources Code; [or]
68	68	(10) employees of a juvenile justice program or
69	69	facility, as those terms are defined by Section 261.405, Family
70	70	Code; or
71	71	(11) a current or former member of the Texas military
72	72	forces, as that term is defined by Section 437.001.
73	73	SECTION 3. The changes in law made by this Act apply only to
74	74	a request for information that is received by a governmental body or
75	75	an officer for public information on or after the effective date of
76	76	this Act. A request for information that was received before the
77	77	effective date of this Act is governed by the law in effect on the
78	78	date the request was received, and the former law is continued in
79	79	effect for that purpose.
80	80	SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015.