Texas 2021 - 87th Regular

Texas House Bill HB3256 Compare Versions

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1	1		87R15363 MLH-D
2	2		By: Harless, Huberty, Howard, Allison, H.B. No. 3256
3	3		Bell of Kaufman
	4	+	Substitute the following for H.B. No. 3256:
	5	+	By: Dutton C.S.H.B. No. 3256
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6	8		A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
7	9		AN ACT
8	10		relating to the confidentiality of a full-time public school
9	11		employee's home or residence address in certain government records
10	12		and documents.
11	13		BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
12	14		SECTION 1. Section 25.025(a), Tax Code, as amended by
13	15		Chapters 467 (H.B. 4170), 469 (H.B. 4173), 633 (S.B. 1494), 1213
14	16		(S.B. 662), and 1245 (H.B. 2446), Acts of the 86th Legislature,
15	17		Regular Session, 2019, is reenacted and amended to read as follows:
16	18		(a) This section applies only to:
17	19		(1) a current or former peace officer as defined by
18	20		Article 2.12, Code of Criminal Procedure, and the spouse or
19	21		surviving spouse of the peace officer;
20	22		(2) the adult child of a current peace officer as
21	23		defined by Article 2.12, Code of Criminal Procedure;
22	24		(3) a county jailer as defined by Section 1701.001,
23	25		Occupations Code;
24	26		(4) an employee of the Texas Department of Criminal
25	27		Justice;
26	28		(5) a commissioned security officer as defined by
27	29		Section 1702.002, Occupations Code;
28	30		(6) an individual who shows that the individual, the
29	31		individual's child, or another person in the individual's household
30	32		is a victim of family violence as defined by Section 71.004, Family
31	33		Code, by providing:
32	34		(A) a copy of a protective order issued under
33	35		Chapter 85, Family Code, or a magistrate's order for emergency
34	36		protection issued under Article 17.292, Code of Criminal Procedure;
35	37		or
36	38		(B) other independent documentary evidence
37	39		necessary to show that the individual, the individual's child, or
38	40		another person in the individual's household is a victim of family
39	41		violence;
40	42		(7) an individual who shows that the individual, the
41	43		individual's child, or another person in the individual's household
42	44		is a victim of sexual assault or abuse, stalking, or trafficking of
43	45		persons by providing:
44	46		(A) a copy of a protective order issued under
45	47		Subchapter A or B, Chapter 7B, Code of Criminal Procedure, or a
46	48		magistrate's order for emergency protection issued under Article
47	49		17.292, Code of Criminal Procedure; or
48	50		(B) other independent documentary evidence
49	51		necessary to show that the individual, the individual's child, or
50	52		another person in the individual's household is a victim of sexual
51	53		assault or abuse, stalking, or trafficking of persons;
52	54		(8) a participant in the address confidentiality
53	55		program administered by the attorney general under Subchapter B,
54	56		Chapter 58, Code of Criminal Procedure, who provides proof of
55	57		certification under Article 58.059, Code of Criminal Procedure;
56	58		(9) a federal judge, a state judge, or the spouse of a
57	59		federal judge or state judge;
58	60		(10) a current or former district attorney, criminal
59	61		district attorney, or county or municipal attorney whose
60	62		jurisdiction includes any criminal law or child protective services
61	63		matters;
62	64		(11) a current or former employee of a district
63	65		attorney, criminal district attorney, or county or municipal
64	66		attorney whose jurisdiction includes any criminal law or child
65	67		protective services matters;
66	68		(12) an officer or employee of a community supervision
67	69		and corrections department established under Chapter 76,
68	70		Government Code, who performs a duty described by Section 76.004(b)
69	71		of that code;
70	72		(13) a criminal investigator of the United States as
71	73		described by Article 2.122(a), Code of Criminal Procedure;
72	74		(14) a police officer or inspector of the United
73	75		States Federal Protective Service;
74	76		(15) a current or former United States attorney or
75	77		assistant United States attorney and the spouse and child of the
76	78		attorney;
77	79		(16) a current or former employee of the office of the
78	80		attorney general who is or was assigned to a division of that office
79	81		the duties of which involve law enforcement;
80	82		(17) a medical examiner or person who performs
81	83		forensic analysis or testing who is employed by this state or one or
82	84		more political subdivisions of this state;
83	85		(18) a current or former member of the United States
84	86		armed forces who has served in an area that the president of the
85	87		United States by executive order designates for purposes of 26
86	88		U.S.C. Section 112 as an area in which armed forces of the United
87	89		States are or have engaged in combat;
88	90		(19) a current or former employee of the Texas
89	91		Juvenile Justice Department or of the predecessors in function of
90	92		the department;
91	93		(20) a current or former juvenile probation or
92	94		supervision officer certified by the Texas Juvenile Justice
93	95		Department, or the predecessors in function of the department,
94	96		under Title 12, Human Resources Code;
95	97		(21) a current or former employee of a juvenile
96	98		justice program or facility, as those terms are defined by Section
97	99		261.405, Family Code;
98	100		(22) a current or former employee of the Texas Civil
99	101		Commitment Office or the predecessor in function of the office or a
100	102		division of the office; [and]
101	103		(23) a current or former employee of a federal judge or
102	104		state judge;
103	105		(24) a current or former child protective services
104	106		caseworker, adult protective services caseworker, or investigator
105	107		for the Department of Family and Protective Services or a current or
106	108		former employee of a department contractor performing child
107	109		protective services caseworker, adult protective services
108	110		caseworker, or investigator functions for the contractor on behalf
109	111		of the department; [and]
110	112		(25) [(24)] a state officer elected statewide or a
111	113		member of the legislature;
112	114		(26) [(24)] a firefighter or volunteer firefighter or
113	115		emergency medical services personnel as defined by Section 773.003,
114	116		Health and Safety Code; and
115	117		(27) a full-time employee of a public school.
116	118		SECTION 2. Section 521.121, Transportation Code, is amended
117	119		by adding Subsection (d) to read as follows:
118	120		(d) The department shall establish a procedure, on a showing
119	121		of a license holder's full-time employment at a public school, to
120	122		omit the residence address of the license holder on the license
121	123		holder's license and to include, in lieu of that address, the street
122	124		address of the public school.
123	125		SECTION 3. To the extent of any conflict, this Act prevails
124	126		over another Act of the 87th Legislature, Regular Session, 2021,
125	127		relating to nonsubstantive additions to and corrections in enacted
126	128		codes.
127	129		SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021.