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1	1	H.B. No. 1911
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4	4	AN ACT
5	5	relating to the confidentiality of certain home address information
6	6	in ad valorem tax appraisal records.
7	7	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
8	8	SECTION 1. Section 25.025(a), Tax Code, is amended to read
9	9	as follows:
10	10	(a) This section applies only to:
11	11	(1) a current or former peace officer as defined by
12	12	Article 2.12, Code of Criminal Procedure, and the spouse or
13	13	surviving spouse of the peace officer;
14	14	(2) the adult child of a current peace officer as
15	15	defined by Article 2.12, Code of Criminal Procedure;
16	16	(3) a current or honorably retired county jailer as
17	17	defined by Section 1701.001, Occupations Code;
18	18	(4) an employee of the Texas Department of Criminal
19	19	Justice;
20	20	(5) a commissioned security officer as defined by
21	21	Section 1702.002, Occupations Code;
22	22	(6) an individual who shows that the individual, the
23	23	individual's child, or another person in the individual's household
24	24	is a victim of family violence as defined by Section 71.004, Family
25	25	Code, by providing:
26	26	(A) a copy of a protective order issued under
27	27	Chapter 85, Family Code, or a magistrate's order for emergency
28	28	protection issued under Article 17.292, Code of Criminal Procedure;
29	29	or
30	30	(B) other independent documentary evidence
31	31	necessary to show that the individual, the individual's child, or
32	32	another person in the individual's household is a victim of family
33	33	violence;
34	34	(7) an individual who shows that the individual, the
35	35	individual's child, or another person in the individual's household
36	36	is a victim of sexual assault or abuse, stalking, or trafficking of
37	37	persons by providing:
38	38	(A) a copy of a protective order issued under
39	39	Subchapter A or B, Chapter 7B, Code of Criminal Procedure, or a
40	40	magistrate's order for emergency protection issued under Article
41	41	17.292, Code of Criminal Procedure; or
42	42	(B) other independent documentary evidence
43	43	necessary to show that the individual, the individual's child, or
44	44	another person in the individual's household is a victim of sexual
45	45	assault or abuse, stalking, or trafficking of persons;
46	46	(8) a participant in the address confidentiality
47	47	program administered by the attorney general under Subchapter B,
48	48	Chapter 58, Code of Criminal Procedure, who provides proof of
49	49	certification under Article 58.059, Code of Criminal Procedure;
50	50	(9) a federal judge, a federal bankruptcy judge, a
51	51	marshal of the United States Marshals Service, a state judge, or a
52	52	family member of a federal judge, a federal bankruptcy judge, a
53	53	marshal of the United States Marshals Service, or a state judge;
54	54	(10) a current or former district attorney, criminal
55	55	district attorney, or county or municipal attorney whose
56	56	jurisdiction includes any criminal law or child protective services
57	57	matters;
58	58	(11) a current or former employee of a district
59	59	attorney, criminal district attorney, or county or municipal
60	60	attorney whose jurisdiction includes any criminal law or child
61	61	protective services matters;
62	62	(12) an officer or employee of a community supervision
63	63	and corrections department established under Chapter 76,
64	64	Government Code, who performs a duty described by Section 76.004(b)
65	65	of that code;
66	66	(13) a criminal investigator of the United States as
67	67	described by Article 2.122(a), Code of Criminal Procedure;
68	68	(14) a current or honorably retired police officer or
69	69	inspector of the United States Federal Protective Service;
70	70	(15) a current or former United States attorney,
71	71	assistant United States attorney, federal public defender, deputy
72	72	federal public defender, or assistant federal public defender and
73	73	the spouse and child of the attorney or public defender;
74	74	(16) a current or former employee of the office of the
75	75	attorney general who is or was assigned to a division of that office
76	76	the duties of which involve law enforcement;
77	77	(17) a medical examiner or person who performs
78	78	forensic analysis or testing who is employed by this state or one or
79	79	more political subdivisions of this state;
80	80	(18) a current or former member of the United States
81	81	armed forces who has served in an area that the president of the
82	82	United States by executive order designates for purposes of 26
83	83	U.S.C. Section 112 as an area in which armed forces of the United
84	84	States are or have engaged in combat;
85	85	(19) a current or former employee of the Texas
86	86	Juvenile Justice Department or of the predecessors in function of
87	87	the department;
88	88	(20) a current or former juvenile probation or
89	89	supervision officer certified by the Texas Juvenile Justice
90	90	Department, or the predecessors in function of the department,
91	91	under Title 12, Human Resources Code;
92	92	(21) a current or former employee of a juvenile
93	93	justice program or facility, as those terms are defined by Section
94	94	261.405, Family Code;
95	95	(22) a current or former employee of the Texas Civil
96	96	Commitment Office or the predecessor in function of the office or a
97	97	division of the office;
98	98	(23) a current or former employee of a federal judge or
99	99	state judge;
100	100	(24) a current or former child protective services
101	101	caseworker, adult protective services caseworker, or investigator
102	102	for the Department of Family and Protective Services or a current or
103	103	former employee of a department contractor performing child
104	104	protective services caseworker, adult protective services
105	105	caseworker, or investigator functions for the contractor on behalf
106	106	of the department;
107	107	(25) an elected public officer; [and]
108	108	(26) a firefighter or volunteer firefighter or
109	109	emergency medical services personnel as defined by Section 773.003,
110	110	Health and Safety Code;
111	111	(27) a current or former employee or contract staff
112	112	member of a university health care provider at a corrections
113	113	facility operated by the Texas Department of Criminal Justice or
114	114	the Texas Juvenile Justice Department; and
115	115	(28) a current or former attorney for the Department
116	116	of Family and Protective Services.
117	117	SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
118	118	a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
119	119	provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
120	120	Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
121	121	Act takes effect September 1, 2023.
122	122	______________________________ ______________________________
123	123	President of the Senate Speaker of the House
124	124	I certify that H.B. No. 1911 was passed by the House on April
125	125	28, 2023, by the following vote: Yeas 133, Nays 11, 2 present, not
126	126	voting.
127	127	______________________________
128	128	Chief Clerk of the House
129	129	I certify that H.B. No. 1911 was passed by the Senate on May
130	130	18, 2023, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0.
131	131	______________________________
132	132	Secretary of the Senate
133	133	APPROVED: _____________________
134	134	Date
135	135	_____________________
136	136	Governor