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1 | 1 | 89R5883 DNC-D | |
2 | 2 | By: West S.B. No. 2869 | |
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7 | 7 | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | |
8 | 8 | AN ACT | |
9 | 9 | relating to prosecutor access to a police officer's personnel file. | |
10 | 10 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
11 | 11 | SECTION 1. Section 143.089(h), Local Government Code, is | |
12 | 12 | amended to read as follows: | |
13 | 13 | (h) The following are entitled to view the contents of a | |
14 | 14 | police officer's personnel file maintained under Subsection (g): | |
15 | 15 | (1) as [As] provided by Section 1701.451, Occupations | |
16 | 16 | Code, a law enforcement agency hiring the [a police] officer; and | |
17 | 17 | (2) a prosecuting attorney's office conducting a | |
18 | 18 | criminal investigation of the officer [is entitled to view the | |
19 | 19 | contents of the officer's personnel file maintained under | |
20 | 20 | Subsection (g)]. | |
21 | 21 | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025. |