| 6 | 4 | | AN ACT |
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| 7 | 5 | | relating to the confidentiality of certain home address information |
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| 8 | 6 | | in ad valorem tax appraisal records. |
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| 9 | 7 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 10 | 8 | | SECTION 1. Section 25.025(a), Tax Code, is amended to read |
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| 11 | 9 | | as follows: |
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| 12 | 10 | | (a) This section applies only to: |
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| 13 | 11 | | (1) a current or former peace officer as defined by |
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| 14 | 12 | | Article 2.12, Code of Criminal Procedure; |
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| 15 | 13 | | (2) a county jailer as defined by Section 1701.001, |
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| 16 | 14 | | Occupations Code; |
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| 17 | 15 | | (3) an employee of the Texas Department of Criminal |
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| 18 | 16 | | Justice; |
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| 19 | 17 | | (4) a commissioned security officer as defined by |
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| 20 | 18 | | Section 1702.002, Occupations Code; |
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| 21 | 19 | | (5) a victim of family violence as defined by Section |
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| 22 | 20 | | 71.004, Family Code, if as a result of the act of family violence |
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| 23 | 21 | | against the victim, the actor is convicted of a felony or a Class A |
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| 24 | 22 | | misdemeanor; |
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| 25 | 23 | | (6) a federal judge, a state judge, or the spouse of a |
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| 26 | 24 | | federal judge or state judge; |
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| 27 | 25 | | (7) a current or former employee of a district |
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| 28 | 26 | | attorney, criminal district attorney, or county or municipal |
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| 29 | 27 | | attorney whose jurisdiction includes any criminal law or child |
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| 30 | 28 | | protective services matters; |
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| 31 | 29 | | (8) an officer or employee of a community supervision |
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| 32 | 30 | | and corrections department established under Chapter 76, |
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| 33 | 31 | | Government Code, who performs a duty described by Section 76.004(b) |
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| 34 | 32 | | of that code; |
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| 35 | 33 | | (9) a criminal investigator of the United States as |
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| 36 | 34 | | described by Article 2.122(a), Code of Criminal Procedure; |
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| 37 | 35 | | (10) a police officer or inspector of the United |
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| 38 | 36 | | States Federal Protective Service; |
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| 39 | 37 | | (11) a current or former United States attorney or |
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| 40 | 38 | | assistant United States attorney and the spouse and child of the |
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| 41 | 39 | | attorney; |
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| 42 | 40 | | (12) a current or former employee of the office of the |
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| 43 | 41 | | attorney general who is or was assigned to a division of that office |
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| 44 | 42 | | the duties of which involve law enforcement; |
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| 45 | 43 | | (13) a medical examiner or person who performs |
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| 46 | 44 | | forensic analysis or testing who is employed by this state or one or |
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| 47 | 45 | | more political subdivisions of this state; |
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| 48 | 46 | | (14) a current or former member of the United States |
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| 49 | 47 | | armed forces who has served in an area that the president of the |
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| 50 | 48 | | United States by executive order designates for purposes of 26 |
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| 51 | 49 | | U.S.C. Section 112 as an area in which armed forces of the United |
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| 52 | 50 | | States are or have engaged in combat; |
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| 53 | 51 | | (15) a current or former employee of the Texas |
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| 54 | 52 | | Juvenile Justice Department or of the predecessors in function of |
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| 55 | 53 | | the department; |
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| 56 | 54 | | (16) a current or former juvenile probation or |
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| 57 | 55 | | supervision officer certified by the Texas Juvenile Justice |
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| 58 | 56 | | Department, or the predecessors in function of the department, |
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| 59 | 57 | | under Title 12, Human Resources Code; [and] |
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| 60 | 58 | | (17) a current or former employee of a juvenile |
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| 61 | 59 | | justice program or facility, as those terms are defined by Section |
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| 62 | 60 | | 261.405, Family Code; and |
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| 63 | 61 | | (18) a current or former employee of a federal judge or |
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| 64 | 62 | | state judge. |
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| 65 | 63 | | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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| 66 | 64 | | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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| 67 | 65 | | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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| 68 | 66 | | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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| 69 | 67 | | Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |
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