Texas 2019 - 86th Regular

Texas House Bill HB3305 Compare Versions

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1		-	86R20452 TSS-F
2	1		By: Smithee H.B. No. 3305
3		-	Substitute the following for H.B. No. 3305:
4		-	By: Smith C.S.H.B. No. 3305
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7	4		A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
8	5		AN ACT
9	6		relating to personal information that may be omitted from certain
10		-	records~~, licenses,~~ and reports and to other court security
	7	+	property records and political reports and to other court security
11	8		measures.
12	9		BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
13	10		SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 254, Election Code, is
14	11		amended by adding Section 254.0313 to read as follows:
15	12		Sec. 254.0313. OMISSION OF ADDRESS FOR JUDGE AND SPOUSE.
16	13		(a) In this section, "federal judge" and "state judge" have the
17	14		meanings assigned by Section 13.0021.
18	15		(b) On receiving notice from the Office of Court
19		-	Administration of the Texas Judicial System of a judge's
20		-	qualification for office or on receipt of a written request from a
21		-	federal judge, state judge, or spouse of a federal or state judge,
22		-	the commission shall remove or redact the residence address of a
23		-	federal judge, a state judge, or the spouse of a federal or state
24		-	judge from any report filed by the judge in the judge's capacity or
25		-	made available on the Internet under this chapter.
	16	+	Administration of the Texas Judicial System of the judge's
	17	+	qualification for the judge's office or upon receipt of a written
	18	+	request from a federal judge, state judge or spouse of a federal or
	19	+	state judge, the commission shall remove or redact the residence
	20	+	address of a federal judge, a state judge, or the spouse of a
	21	+	federal or state judge before permitting a person to inspect a
	22	+	report filed under this chapter or making a report filed available
	23	+	on the Internet as required by Section 254.0401.
26	24		SECTION 2. Section 72.015, Government Code, is amended by
27	25		adding Subsection (d) to read as follows:
28	26		(d) The director of security and emergency preparedness
29	27		shall annually submit to the legislature:
30	28		(1) a report on court security activities throughout
31	29		the state supported by the judicial security division, including:
32	30		(A) the technical aspects of providing court
33	31		security;
34	32		(B) court security training provided or required
35	33		by the judicial security division;
36	34		(C) sufficiency of judicial security division
37	35		resources to evaluate and monitor court security; and
38	36		(D) the adequacy of funding to maintain court
39	37		security; and
40	38		(2) recommendations for:
41	39		(A) monitoring the use of state resources in
42	40		providing court security;
43	41		(B) improving court security; and
44	42		(C) increasing the amount of state funds and
45	43		other resources made available for court security.
46		-	SECTION 3. Section 11.008(a), Property Code, is amended to
	44	+	SECTION 3. Section 11.008(j), Property Code, is amended to
47	45		read as follows:
48		-	(a) In this section, "instrument" means a deed, [or] deed of
49		-	trust, or any other record recorded by a county clerk related to
50		-	real property, including a mineral lease, a mechanic's lien, and
51		-	the release of a mechanic's lien.
52		-	SECTION 4. Section 25.025(b), Tax Code, is amended to read
53		-	as follows:
54		-	(b) Information in appraisal records under Section 25.02 is
55		-	confidential and is available only for the official use of the
56		-	appraisal district, this state, the comptroller, and taxing units
57		-	and political subdivisions of this state if:
58		-	(1) the information identifies the home address of a
59		-	named individual to whom this section applies; and
60		-	(2) the individual:
61		-	(A) chooses to restrict public access to the
62		-	information on the form prescribed for that purpose by the
63		-	comptroller under Section 5.07; or
64		-	(B) is a federal or state judge [as defined by
65		-	Section 572.002, Government Code], or the spouse of a federal or
66		-	state judge, beginning on the date the Office of Court
67		-	Administration of the Texas Judicial System notifies the appraisal
68		-	district of the judge's qualification for the judge's office.
69		-	SECTION 5. Section 521.121(c), Transportation Code, is
70		-	amended to read as follows:
71		-	(c) The department shall establish a procedure, on a license
72		-	holder's qualification for office as a federal or state judge as
73		-	defined by Section 13.0021, Election Code [572.002, Government
74		-	Code], to omit the residence address of the judge and the spouse of
75		-	the judge on the license holder's license and to include, in lieu of
76		-	that address, the street address of the courthouse in which the
77		-	license holder or license holder's spouse serves as a federal judge
78		-	or state judge.
79		-	SECTION 6. Section 254.0313, Election Code, as added by
80		-	this Act, applies only to a report filed by a federal judge or state
81		-	judge on or after the effective date of this Act.
82		-	SECTION 7. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.
	46	+	(j) On receipt of a written request from a federal judge,
	47	+	state judge as defined by Section 572.002, Government Code, or
	48	+	spouse of a federal or state judge, the county clerk shall omit or
	49	+	redact from any documents an instrument described by this section
	50	+	that is
	51	+	are available in an online database made public by the
	52	+	county clerk, or by a provider with which the county commissioners
	53	+	court contracts to provide the online database, the social security
	54	+	number, driver's license number, and residence address of the
	55	+	federal judge, state judge, or spouse of the federal or state judge.
	56	+	SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.