By: Zaffirini S.B. No. 489
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to personal information that may be omitted from certain
property records and political reports and to other court security
measures.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 254, Election Code, is
amended by adding Section 254.0313 to read as follows:
Sec. 254.0313. OMISSION OF ADDRESS FOR JUDGE AND SPOUSE.
(a) In this section, "federal judge" and "state judge" have the
meanings assigned by Section 13.0021.
(b) On receiving notice from the Office of Court
Administration of the Texas Judicial System of the judge 's
qualification for the judge 's office or upon receipt of a written
request from a federal judge, state judge or spouse of a federal or
state judge, the commission shall remove or redact the residence
address of a federal judge, a state judge, or the spouse of a
federal or state judge before permitting a person to inspect a
report filed under this chapter or making a report filed available
on the Internet as required by Section 254.0401.
SECTION 2. Section 72.015, Government Code, is amended by
adding Subsection (d) to read as follows:
(d) The director of security and emergency preparedness
shall annually submit to the legislature:
(1) a report on court security activities throughout
the state supported by the judicial security division, including:
(A) the technical aspects of providing court
security;
(B) court security training provided or required
by the judicial security division;
(C) sufficiency of judicial security division
resources to evaluate and monitor court security; and
(D) the adequacy of funding to maintain court
security; and
(2) recommendations for:
(A) monitoring the use of state resources in
providing court security;
(B) improving court security; and
(C) increasing the amount of state funds and
other resources made available for court security.
SECTION 3. Section 11.008(j), Property Code, is amended to
read as follows:
(j) On receipt of a written request from a federal judge,
state judge as defined by Section 572.002, Government Code, or
spouse of a federal or state judge, the county clerk shall omit or
redact from any documents an instrument described by this section
that is are available in an online database made public by the
county clerk, or by a provider with which the county commissioners
court contracts to provide the online database, the social security
number, driver's license number, and residence address of the
federal judge, state judge, or spouse of the federal or state judge.
SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.