Texas 2017 - 85th Regular

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1	1	85R8623 TJB-D
2	2	By: Goldman H.B. No. 3222
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5	5	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
6	6	AN ACT
7	7	relating to the availability under the public information law of
8	8	certain documents filed with a county clerk or a district clerk.
9	9	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
10	10	SECTION 1. Section 552.117, Government Code, is amended to
11	11	read as follows:
12	12	Sec. 552.117. EXCEPTION: CONFIDENTIALITY OF CERTAIN
13	13	ADDRESSES, TELEPHONE NUMBERS, SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBERS, AND
14	14	PERSONAL FAMILY INFORMATION. [(a)] Information is excepted from
15	15	the requirements of Section 552.021 if it is information that
16	16	relates to the home address, home telephone number, emergency
17	17	contact information, or social security number of the following
18	18	person or that reveals whether the person has family members:
19	19	(1) a current or former official or employee of a
20	20	governmental body, except as otherwise provided by Section 552.024;
21	21	(2) a peace officer as defined by Article 2.12, Code of
22	22	Criminal Procedure, or a security officer commissioned under
23	23	Section 51.212, Education Code, regardless of whether the officer
24	24	complies with Section 552.024 or 552.1175, as applicable;
25	25	(3) a current or former employee of the Texas
26	26	Department of Criminal Justice or of the predecessor in function of
27	27	the department or any division of the department, regardless of
28	28	whether the current or former employee complies with Section
29	29	552.1175;
30	30	(4) a peace officer as defined by Article 2.12, Code of
31	31	Criminal Procedure, or other law, a reserve law enforcement
32	32	officer, a commissioned deputy game warden, or a corrections
33	33	officer in a municipal, county, or state penal institution in this
34	34	state who was killed in the line of duty, regardless of whether the
35	35	deceased complied with Section 552.024 or 552.1175;
36	36	(5) a commissioned security officer as defined by
37	37	Section 1702.002, Occupations Code, regardless of whether the
38	38	officer complies with Section 552.024 or 552.1175, as applicable;
39	39	(6) an officer or employee of a community supervision
40	40	and corrections department established under Chapter 76 who
41	41	performs a duty described by Section 76.004(b), regardless of
42	42	whether the officer or employee complies with Section 552.024 or
43	43	552.1175;
44	44	(7) a current or former employee of the office of the
45	45	attorney general who is or was assigned to a division of that office
46	46	the duties of which involve law enforcement, regardless of whether
47	47	the current or former employee complies with Section 552.024 or
48	48	552.1175;
49	49	(8) a current or former employee of the Texas Juvenile
50	50	Justice Department or of the predecessors in function of the
51	51	department, regardless of whether the current or former employee
52	52	complies with Section 552.024 or 552.1175;
53	53	(9) a current or former juvenile probation or
54	54	supervision officer certified by the Texas Juvenile Justice
55	55	Department, or the predecessors in function of the department,
56	56	under Title 12, Human Resources Code, regardless of whether the
57	57	current or former officer complies with Section 552.024 or
58	58	552.1175;
59	59	(10) a current or former employee of a juvenile
60	60	justice program or facility, as those terms are defined by Section
61	61	261.405, Family Code, regardless of whether the current or former
62	62	employee complies with Section 552.024 or 552.1175; [or]
63	63	(11) a current or former member of the Texas military
64	64	forces, as that term is defined by Section 437.001; or
65	65	(12) a current legal spouse of a person listed in this
66	66	section, regardless of whether the spouse complies with Section
67	67	552.1175.
68	68	[(b) All documents filed with a county clerk and all
69	69	documents filed with a district clerk are exempt from this
70	70	section.]
71	71	SECTION 2. Section 552.1175(a), Government Code, is amended
72	72	to read as follows:
73	73	(a) This section applies only to:
74	74	(1) peace officers as defined by Article 2.12, Code of
75	75	Criminal Procedure;
76	76	(2) county jailers as defined by Section 1701.001,
77	77	Occupations Code;
78	78	(3) current or former employees of the Texas
79	79	Department of Criminal Justice or of the predecessor in function of
80	80	the department or any division of the department;
81	81	(4) commissioned security officers as defined by
82	82	Section 1702.002, Occupations Code;
83	83	(5) employees of a district attorney, criminal
84	84	district attorney, or county or municipal attorney whose
85	85	jurisdiction includes any criminal law or child protective services
86	86	matters;
87	87	(6) officers and employees of a community supervision
88	88	and corrections department established under Chapter 76 who perform
89	89	a duty described by Section 76.004(b);
90	90	(7) criminal investigators of the United States as
91	91	described by Article 2.122(a), Code of Criminal Procedure;
92	92	(8) police officers and inspectors of the United
93	93	States Federal Protective Service;
94	94	(9) current and former employees of the office of the
95	95	attorney general who are or were assigned to a division of that
96	96	office the duties of which involve law enforcement;
97	97	(10) current or former juvenile probation and
98	98	detention officers certified by the Texas Juvenile Justice
99	99	Department, or the predecessors in function of the department,
100	100	under Title 12, Human Resources Code;
101	101	(11) current or former employees of a juvenile justice
102	102	program or facility, as those terms are defined by Section 261.405,
103	103	Family Code;
104	104	(12) current or former employees of the Texas Juvenile
105	105	Justice Department or the predecessors in function of the
106	106	department; [and]
107	107	(13) federal judges and state judges as defined by
108	108	Section 13.0021, Election Code; and
109	109	(14) the current legal spouse of an individual listed
110	110	in this subsection.
111	111	SECTION 3. Section 552.1175(e), Government Code, is
112	112	repealed.
113	113	SECTION 4. The changes in law made by this Act apply only to
114	114	a request for information that is received by a governmental body or
115	115	an officer for public information on or after the effective date of
116	116	this Act. A request for information that was received before the
117	117	effective date of this Act is governed by the law in effect on the
118	118	date the request was received, and the former law is continued in
119	119	effect for that purpose.
120	120	SECTION 5. This Act takes effect January 1, 2018.