Texas 2021 - 87th Regular

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1	1	By: Hinojosa H.B. No. 3055
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4	4	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
5	5	AN ACT
6	6	relating to the confidentiality of certain home address
7	7	information.
8	8	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
9	9	SECTION 1. Section 25.025(a), Tax Code, as amended by
10	10	Chapters 34 (S.B. 1576), 41 (S.B. 256), 193 (S.B. 510), 1006 (H.B.
11	11	1278), and 1145 (H.B. 457), Acts of the 85th Legislature, Regular
12	12	Session, 2017, is reenacted and amended to read as follows:
13	13	(a) This section applies only to:
14	14	(1) a current or former peace officer as defined by
15	15	Article 2.12, Code of Criminal Procedure, and the spouse or
16	16	surviving spouse of the peace officer;
17	17	(2) the adult child of a current peace officer as
18	18	defined by Article 2.12, Code of Criminal Procedure;
19	19	(3) a county jailer as defined by Section 1701.001,
20	20	Occupations Code;
21	21	(4) an employee of the Texas Department of Criminal
22	22	Justice;
23	23	(5) a commissioned security officer as defined by
24	24	Section 1702.002, Occupations Code;
25	25	(6) an individual who shows that the individual, the
26	26	individual's child, or another person in the individual's household
27	27	is a victim of family violence as defined by Section 71.004, Family
28	28	Code, by providing:
29	29	(A) a copy of a protective order issued under
30	30	Chapter 85, Family Code, or a magistrate's order for emergency
31	31	protection issued under Article 17.292, Code of Criminal Procedure;
32	32	or
33	33	(B) other independent documentary evidence
34	34	necessary to show that the individual, the individual's child, or
35	35	another person in the individual's household is a victim of family
36	36	violence;
37	37	(7) [(6)] an individual who shows that the individual,
38	38	the individual's child, or another person in the individual's
39	39	household is a victim of sexual assault or abuse, stalking, or
40	40	trafficking of persons by providing:
41	41	(A) a copy of a protective order issued under
42	42	Chapter 7A or Article 6.09, Code of Criminal Procedure, or a
43	43	magistrate's order for emergency protection issued under Article
44	44	17.292, Code of Criminal Procedure; or
45	45	(B) other independent documentary evidence
46	46	necessary to show that the individual, the individual's child, or
47	47	another person in the individual's household is a victim of sexual
48	48	assault or abuse, stalking, or trafficking of persons;
49	49	(8) [(7)] a participant in the address
50	50	confidentiality program administered by the attorney general under
51	51	Subchapter C, Chapter 56, Code of Criminal Procedure, who provides
52	52	proof of certification under Article 56.84, Code of Criminal
53	53	Procedure;
54	54	(9) [(8)] a federal judge, a state judge, or the
55	55	spouse of a federal judge or state judge;
56	56	(10) a current or former district attorney, criminal
57	57	district attorney, or county or municipal attorney whose
58	58	jurisdiction includes any criminal law or child protective services
59	59	matters;
60	60	(11) [(9)] a current or former employee of a district
61	61	attorney, criminal district attorney, or county or municipal
62	62	attorney whose jurisdiction includes any criminal law or child
63	63	protective services matters;
64	64	(12) [(10)] an officer or employee of a community
65	65	supervision and corrections department established under Chapter
66	66	76, Government Code, who performs a duty described by Section
67	67	76.004(b) of that code;
68	68	(13) [(11)] a criminal investigator of the United
69	69	States as described by Article 2.122(a), Code of Criminal
70	70	Procedure;
71	71	(14) [(12)] a police officer or inspector of the United
72	72	States Federal Protective Service;
73	73	(15) [(13)] a current or former United States attorney
74	74	or assistant United States attorney and the spouse and child of the
75	75	attorney;
76	76	(16) [(14)] a current or former employee of the office
77	77	of the attorney general who is or was assigned to a division of that
78	78	office the duties of which involve law enforcement;
79	79	(17) [(15)] a medical examiner or person who performs
80	80	forensic analysis or testing who is employed by this state or one or
81	81	more political subdivisions of this state;
82	82	(18) [(16)] a current or former member of the United
83	83	States armed forces who has served in an area that the president of
84	84	the United States by executive order designates for purposes of 26
85	85	U.S.C. Section 112 as an area in which armed forces of the United
86	86	States are or have engaged in combat;
87	87	(19) [(17)] a current or former employee of the Texas
88	88	Juvenile Justice Department or of the predecessors in function of
89	89	the department;
90	90	(20) [(18)] a current or former juvenile probation or
91	91	supervision officer certified by the Texas Juvenile Justice
92	92	Department, or the predecessors in function of the department,
93	93	under Title 12, Human Resources Code;
94	94	(21) [(19)] a current or former employee of a juvenile
95	95	justice program or facility, as those terms are defined by Section
96	96	261.405, Family Code; [and]
97	97	(22) [(18)] a current or former employee of the Texas
98	98	Civil Commitment Office or the predecessor in function of the
99	99	office or a division of the office;
100	100	(23) [(18)] a current or former employee of a federal
101	101	judge or state judge; and
102	102	(24) an employee of or volunteer or contractor for a
103	103	clinic or facility that provides abortion or family planning
104	104	services.
105	105	SECTION 2. Section 13.004(c), Election Code, is amended to
106	106	read as follows:
107	107	(c) The following information furnished on a registration
108	108	application is confidential and does not constitute public
109	109	information for purposes of Chapter 552, Government Code:
110	110	(1) a social security number;
111	111	(2) a Texas driver's license number;
112	112	(3) a number of a personal identification card issued
113	113	by the Department of Public Safety;
114	114	(4) an indication that an applicant is interested in
115	115	working as an election judge; [or]
116	116	(5) the residence address of the applicant, if the
117	117	applicant is a federal judge or state judge, as defined by Section
118	118	13.0021, the spouse of a federal judge or state judge, or an
119	119	individual to whom Section 552.1175, Government Code, applies and
120	120	the applicant:
121	121	(A) included an affidavit with the registration
122	122	application describing the applicant's status under this
123	123	subdivision, including an affidavit under Section 13.0021 if the
124	124	applicant is a federal judge or state judge or the spouse of a
125	125	federal judge or state judge;
126	126	(B) provided the registrar with an affidavit
127	127	describing the applicant's status under this subdivision,
128	128	including an affidavit under Section 15.0215 if the applicant is a
129	129	federal judge or state judge or the spouse of a federal judge or
130	130	state judge; or
131	131	(C) provided the registrar with a completed form
132	132	approved by the secretary of state for the purpose of notifying the
133	133	registrar of the applicant's status under this subdivision;
134	134	(6) the residence address of the applicant, if the
135	135	applicant, the applicant's child, or another person in the
136	136	applicant's household is a victim of family violence as defined by
137	137	Section 71.004, Family Code, who provided the registrar with:
138	138	(A) a copy of a protective order issued under
139	139	Chapter 85, Family Code, or a magistrate's order for emergency
140	140	protection issued under Article 17.292, Code of Criminal Procedure;
141	141	or
142	142	(B) other independent documentary evidence
143	143	necessary to show that the applicant, the applicant's child, or
144	144	another person in the applicant's household is a victim of family
145	145	violence;
146	146	(7) the residence address of the applicant, if the
147	147	applicant, the applicant's child, or another person in the
148	148	applicant's household is a victim of sexual assault or abuse,
149	149	stalking, or trafficking of persons who provided the registrar
150	150	with:
151	151	(A) a copy of a protective order issued under
152	152	Chapter 7A or Article 6.09, Code of Criminal Procedure, or a
153	153	magistrate's order for emergency protection issued under Article
154	154	17.292, Code of Criminal Procedure; or
155	155	(B) other independent documentary evidence
156	156	necessary to show that the applicant, the applicant's child, or
157	157	another person in the applicant's household is a victim of sexual
158	158	assault or abuse, stalking, or trafficking of persons;
159	159	(8) the residence address of the applicant, if the
160	160	applicant:
161	161	(A) is a participant in the address
162	162	confidentiality program administered by the attorney general under
163	163	Subchapter B, Chapter 58, Code of Criminal Procedure; and
164	164	(B) provided the registrar with proof of
165	165	certification under Article 58.059, Code of Criminal Procedure.
166	166	(9) the residence address of the applicant, if the
167	167	applicant is an employee of or volunteer or contractor for a clinic
168	168	or facility that provides abortion or family planning services.
169	169	SECTION 3. To the extent of any conflict, this Act prevails
170	170	over another Act of the 87th Legislature, Regular Session, 2021,
171	171	relating to nonsubstantive additions to and corrections in enacted
172	172	codes.
173	173	SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021.