| 1 | 1 | | 88R6482 AMF-D |
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| 2 | 2 | | By: Thompson of Harris, Manuel H.B. No. 2360 |
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| 4 | 4 | | |
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| 5 | 5 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 6 | 6 | | AN ACT |
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| 7 | 7 | | relating to the confidentiality of certain personal information of |
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| 8 | 8 | | an applicant for or a person protected by a protective order. |
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| 9 | 9 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 10 | 10 | | SECTION 1. Section 82.011, Family Code, is amended to read |
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| 11 | 11 | | as follows: |
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| 12 | 12 | | Sec. 82.011. CONFIDENTIALITY OF CERTAIN INFORMATION. On |
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| 13 | 13 | | request by an applicant, the court may protect the applicant's |
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| 14 | 14 | | mailing address and county of residence by rendering an order: |
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| 15 | 15 | | (1) requiring the applicant to: |
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| 16 | 16 | | (A) disclose the applicant's mailing address and |
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| 17 | 17 | | county of residence to the court; |
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| 18 | 18 | | (B) designate a person to receive on behalf of |
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| 19 | 19 | | the applicant any notice or documents filed with the court related |
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| 20 | 20 | | to the application; and |
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| 21 | 21 | | (C) disclose the designated person's mailing |
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| 22 | 22 | | address to the court; |
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| 23 | 23 | | (2) requiring the court clerk to: |
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| 24 | 24 | | (A) strike the applicant's mailing address and |
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| 25 | 25 | | county of residence from the public records of the court, if |
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| 26 | 26 | | applicable; and |
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| 27 | 27 | | (B) maintain a confidential record of the |
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| 28 | 28 | | applicant's mailing address and county of residence for use only by |
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| 29 | 29 | | the court; and |
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| 30 | 30 | | (3) prohibiting the release of the information to the |
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| 31 | 31 | | respondent. |
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| 32 | 32 | | SECTION 2. Section 85.007(a), Family Code, is amended to |
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| 33 | 33 | | read as follows: |
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| 34 | 34 | | (a) On request by a person protected by an order or member of |
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| 35 | 35 | | the family or household of a person protected by an order, the court |
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| 36 | 36 | | may exclude from a protective order: |
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| 37 | 37 | | (1) the address, county of residence, and telephone |
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| 38 | 38 | | number of[: |
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| 39 | 39 | | [(1)] a person protected by the order[, in which case |
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| 40 | 40 | | the order shall state the county in which the person resides]; or |
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| 41 | 41 | | (2) the address and telephone number of: |
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| 42 | 42 | | (A) the place of employment or business of a |
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| 43 | 43 | | person protected by the order; or |
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| 44 | 44 | | (B) [(3)] the child-care facility or school a |
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| 45 | 45 | | child protected by the order attends or in which the child resides. |
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| 46 | 46 | | SECTION 3. (a) Section 82.011, Family Code, as amended by |
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| 47 | 47 | | this Act, applies only to an application for a protective order that |
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| 48 | 48 | | is filed on or after the effective date of this Act. An application |
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| 49 | 49 | | for a protective order filed before the effective date of this Act |
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| 50 | 50 | | is governed by the law in effect on the date the application is |
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| 51 | 51 | | filed, and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose. |
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| 52 | 52 | | (b) Section 85.007, Family Code, as amended by this Act, |
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| 53 | 53 | | applies to a protective order regardless of whether the protective |
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| 54 | 54 | | order was rendered before, on, or after the effective date of this |
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| 55 | 55 | | Act. |
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| 56 | 56 | | SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |
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