Texas 2023 - 88th Regular

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1	1	88R13542 MCF-F
2	2	By: Wu H.B. No. 3327
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5	5	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
6	6	AN ACT
7	7	relating to the confidentiality of certain home address information
8	8	in property tax appraisal records.
9	9	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
10	10	SECTION 1. Section 25.025(a), Tax Code, is amended to read
11	11	as follows:
12	12	(a) This section applies only to:
13	13	(1) a current or former peace officer as defined by
14	14	Article 2.12, Code of Criminal Procedure, and the spouse or
15	15	surviving spouse of the peace officer;
16	16	(2) the adult child of a current peace officer as
17	17	defined by Article 2.12, Code of Criminal Procedure;
18	18	(3) a current or honorably retired county jailer as
19	19	defined by Section 1701.001, Occupations Code;
20	20	(4) an employee of the Texas Department of Criminal
21	21	Justice;
22	22	(5) a commissioned security officer as defined by
23	23	Section 1702.002, Occupations Code;
24	24	(6) an individual who shows that the individual, the
25	25	individual's child, or another person in the individual's household
26	26	is a victim of family violence as defined by Section 71.004, Family
27	27	Code, by providing:
28	28	(A) a copy of a protective order issued under
29	29	Chapter 85, Family Code, or a magistrate's order for emergency
30	30	protection issued under Article 17.292, Code of Criminal Procedure;
31	31	or
32	32	(B) other independent documentary evidence
33	33	necessary to show that the individual, the individual's child, or
34	34	another person in the individual's household is a victim of family
35	35	violence;
36	36	(7) an individual who shows that the individual, the
37	37	individual's child, or another person in the individual's household
38	38	is a victim of sexual assault or abuse, stalking, or trafficking of
39	39	persons by providing:
40	40	(A) a copy of a protective order issued under
41	41	Subchapter A or B, Chapter 7B, Code of Criminal Procedure, or a
42	42	magistrate's order for emergency protection issued under Article
43	43	17.292, Code of Criminal Procedure; or
44	44	(B) other independent documentary evidence
45	45	necessary to show that the individual, the individual's child, or
46	46	another person in the individual's household is a victim of sexual
47	47	assault or abuse, stalking, or trafficking of persons;
48	48	(8) a participant in the address confidentiality
49	49	program administered by the attorney general under Subchapter B,
50	50	Chapter 58, Code of Criminal Procedure, who provides proof of
51	51	certification under Article 58.059, Code of Criminal Procedure;
52	52	(9) a federal judge, a federal bankruptcy judge, a
53	53	marshal of the United States Marshals Service, a state judge, or a
54	54	family member of a federal judge, a federal bankruptcy judge, a
55	55	marshal of the United States Marshals Service, or a state judge;
56	56	(10) a current or former district attorney, criminal
57	57	district attorney, or county or municipal attorney whose
58	58	jurisdiction includes any criminal law or child protective services
59	59	matters;
60	60	(11) a current or former employee of a district
61	61	attorney, criminal district attorney, or county or municipal
62	62	attorney whose jurisdiction includes any criminal law or child
63	63	protective services matters;
64	64	(12) an officer or employee of a community supervision
65	65	and corrections department established under Chapter 76,
66	66	Government Code, who performs a duty described by Section 76.004(b)
67	67	of that code;
68	68	(13) a criminal investigator of the United States as
69	69	described by Article 2.122(a), Code of Criminal Procedure;
70	70	(14) a current or honorably retired police officer or
71	71	inspector of the United States Federal Protective Service;
72	72	(15) a current or former United States attorney,
73	73	assistant United States attorney, federal public defender, deputy
74	74	federal public defender, or assistant federal public defender and
75	75	the spouse and child of the attorney or public defender;
76	76	(16) a current or former employee of the office of the
77	77	attorney general who is or was assigned to a division of that office
78	78	the duties of which involve law enforcement;
79	79	(17) a medical examiner or person who performs
80	80	forensic analysis or testing who is employed by this state or one or
81	81	more political subdivisions of this state;
82	82	(18) a current or former member of the United States
83	83	armed forces who has served in an area that the president of the
84	84	United States by executive order designates for purposes of 26
85	85	U.S.C. Section 112 as an area in which armed forces of the United
86	86	States are or have engaged in combat;
87	87	(19) a current or former employee of the Texas
88	88	Juvenile Justice Department or of the predecessors in function of
89	89	the department;
90	90	(20) a current or former juvenile probation or
91	91	supervision officer certified by the Texas Juvenile Justice
92	92	Department, or the predecessors in function of the department,
93	93	under Title 12, Human Resources Code;
94	94	(21) a current or former employee of a juvenile
95	95	justice program or facility, as those terms are defined by Section
96	96	261.405, Family Code;
97	97	(22) a current or former employee of the Texas Civil
98	98	Commitment Office or the predecessor in function of the office or a
99	99	division of the office;
100	100	(23) a current or former employee of a federal judge or
101	101	state judge;
102	102	(24) a current or former child protective services
103	103	caseworker, adult protective services caseworker, or investigator
104	104	for the Department of Family and Protective Services or a current or
105	105	former employee of a department contractor performing child
106	106	protective services caseworker, adult protective services
107	107	caseworker, or investigator functions for the contractor on behalf
108	108	of the department;
109	109	(25) an elected public officer; [and]
110	110	(26) a firefighter or volunteer firefighter or
111	111	emergency medical services personnel as defined by Section 773.003,
112	112	Health and Safety Code; and
113	113	(27) an employee of a public defender's office as
114	114	defined by Article 26.044(a), Code of Criminal Procedure.
115	115	SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
116	116	a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
117	117	provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
118	118	Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
119	119	Act takes effect September 1, 2023.