88R6338 TJB-D
By: Burns H.B. No. 1765
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the redaction of certain information from a document
posted on the Internet by a county clerk or district clerk on
request of a person to whom the information relates.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 552.117, Government Code, is amended by
amending Subsection (b) and adding Subsection (b-1) to read as
follows:
(b) Except as provided by Subsection (b-1), all [All]
documents filed with a county clerk and all documents filed with a
district clerk are exempt from this section.
(b-1) A county clerk or district clerk shall on request of a
person to whom this section applies redact information described by
Subsection (a) from a document posted by the clerk on an Internet
website that relates to the person making the request if the clerk
has the ability to electronically redact the information from the
posted document.
SECTION 2. Section 552.1175, Government Code, is amended by
amending Subsection (e) and adding Subsection (e-1) to read as
follows:
(e) Except as provided by Subsection (e-1), all [All]
documents filed with a county clerk and all documents filed with a
district clerk are exempt from this section.
(e-1) A county clerk or district clerk shall on request of a
person to whom this section applies redact information described by
Subsection (b) from a document posted by the clerk on an Internet
website that relates to the person making the request if the clerk
has the ability to electronically redact the information from the
posted document.
SECTION 3. 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, 2023.