| 1 | 1 | | 86R14552 TJB-D |
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| 2 | 2 | | By: Hinojosa S.B. No. 2192 |
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| 4 | 4 | | |
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| 5 | 5 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 6 | 6 | | AN ACT |
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| 7 | 7 | | relating to the confidentiality of the recording of certain |
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| 8 | 8 | | emergency calls. |
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| 9 | 9 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 10 | 10 | | SECTION 1. Subchapter C, Chapter 552, Government Code, is |
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| 11 | 11 | | amended by adding Section 552.157 to read as follows: |
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| 12 | 12 | | Sec. 552.157. EXCEPTION: CONFIDENTIALITY OF RECORDING OF |
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| 13 | 13 | | CERTAIN EMERGENCY CALLS. (a) A recording of an emergency call made |
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| 14 | 14 | | to a public safety agency or a public safety answering point, as |
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| 15 | 15 | | those terms are defined by Section 772.001, Health and Safety Code, |
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| 16 | 16 | | that contains the final words spoken by an individual is |
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| 17 | 17 | | confidential. |
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| 18 | 18 | | (b) A governmental body shall disclose information that is |
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| 19 | 19 | | confidential under this section and that is not confidential or |
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| 20 | 20 | | otherwise excepted from required disclosure under another |
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| 21 | 21 | | provision of law to a requestor who: |
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| 22 | 22 | | (1) is an investigator licensed under Chapter 1702, |
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| 23 | 23 | | Occupations Code, who certifies that the information will only be |
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| 24 | 24 | | used in conjunction with a civil, criminal, administrative, or |
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| 25 | 25 | | arbitral proceeding in a court or government agency, including |
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| 26 | 26 | | service of process, investigation in anticipation of litigation, |
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| 27 | 27 | | execution or enforcement of a judgment or order, or under any order |
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| 28 | 28 | | of any court; or |
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| 29 | 29 | | (2) is a first responder as defined by Section |
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| 30 | 30 | | 421.095. |
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| 31 | 31 | | (c) A governmental body may withhold a recording described |
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| 32 | 32 | | by Subsection (a) without the necessity of requesting a decision |
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| 33 | 33 | | from the attorney general under Subchapter G. |
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| 34 | 34 | | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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| 35 | 35 | | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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| 36 | 36 | | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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| 37 | 37 | | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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| 38 | 38 | | Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |
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