87R321 TJB-D
By: Middleton H.B. No. 4174
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to disclosure under the public information law of video
evidence of a crime that resulted in the death of a person to the
deceased person's next of kin.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 552.108, Government Code, is amended by
adding Subsection (d) to read as follows:
(d) The disclosure of video evidence of a crime that
resulted in the death of a person to the deceased person's next of
kin, as defined by Section 552.1085, is not a voluntary disclosure
of information for purposes of Section 552.007(b) and does not
waive the right to assert in the future that the information is
excepted from required disclosure under this chapter.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
Act takes effect September 1, 2021.