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| 1 | 1 | 86R16822 TSS-F | |
| 2 | 2 | By: Reynolds H.B. No. 4200 | |
| 3 | 3 | ||
| 4 | 4 | ||
| 5 | 5 | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | |
| 6 | 6 | AN ACT | |
| 7 | 7 | relating to an exception from required disclosure of information | |
| 8 | 8 | related to certain crime victims maintained by a county or district | |
| 9 | 9 | clerk. | |
| 10 | 10 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 11 | 11 | SECTION 1. Subchapter C, Chapter 552, Government Code, is | |
| 12 | 12 | amended by adding Section 552.1315 to read as follows: | |
| 13 | 13 | Sec. 552.1315. EXCEPTION: CONFIDENTIALITY OF CERTAIN CRIME | |
| 14 | 14 | VICTIM RECORDS. Information maintained by a county or district | |
| 15 | 15 | clerk is confidential and not subject to disclosure under this | |
| 16 | 16 | chapter if the information identifies an individual as: | |
| 17 | 17 | (1) a victim of an offense under Section 22.011 or | |
| 18 | 18 | 22.021, Penal Code; or | |
| 19 | 19 | (2) a victim of any criminal offense, if the victim was | |
| 20 | 20 | younger than 17 years of age when any element of the offense was | |
| 21 | 21 | committed. | |
| 22 | 22 | SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies to a | |
| 23 | 23 | request for information that is received by a governmental body or | |
| 24 | 24 | an officer for public information on or after the effective date of | |
| 25 | 25 | this Act. | |
| 26 | 26 | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives | |
| 27 | 27 | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as | |
| 28 | 28 | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this | |
| 29 | 29 | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this | |
| 30 | 30 | Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |