| 2 | | - | (In the Senate - Filed November 21, 2024; February 3, 2025, |
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| 3 | | - | read first time and referred to Committee on Business & Commerce; |
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| 4 | | - | April 16, 2025, reported favorably by the following vote: Yeas 11, |
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| 5 | | - | Nays 0; April 16, 2025, sent to printer.) |
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| 6 | | - | Click here to see the committee vote |
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| 11 | 7 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 12 | 8 | | AN ACT |
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| 13 | 9 | | relating to the confidentiality of certain information for a |
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| 14 | 10 | | current or former administrative law judge for the State Office of |
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| 15 | 11 | | Administrative Hearings. |
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| 16 | 12 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 17 | 13 | | SECTION 1. Section 552.117, Government Code, is amended by |
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| 18 | 14 | | adding Subsection (a-1) to read as follows: |
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| 19 | 15 | | (a-1) In addition to the exceptions provided by Subsection |
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| 20 | 16 | | (a), information is excepted from the requirements of Section |
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| 21 | 17 | | 552.021 if it is information that: |
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| 22 | 18 | | (1) relates to the home address, home telephone |
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| 23 | 19 | | number, emergency contact information, or social security number of |
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| 24 | 20 | | a current or former administrative law judge for the State Office of |
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| 25 | 21 | | Administrative Hearings, regardless of whether the person complies |
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| 26 | 22 | | with Section 552.024 or 552.1175; or |
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| 27 | 23 | | (2) reveals whether a person described by Subdivision |
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| 28 | 24 | | (1) has family members. |
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| 29 | 25 | | SECTION 2. Section 552.1175, Government Code, is amended by |
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| 30 | 26 | | adding Subsection (a-1) to read as follows: |
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| 31 | 27 | | (a-1) In addition to the individuals described by |
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| 32 | 28 | | Subsection (a), this section applies to a current or former |
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| 33 | 29 | | administrative law judge for the State Office of Administrative |
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| 34 | 30 | | Hearings. |
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| 35 | 31 | | SECTION 3. Section 25.025, Tax Code, is amended by adding |
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| 36 | 32 | | Subsection (a-2) to read as follows: |
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| 37 | 33 | | (a-2) In addition to the individuals described by |
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| 38 | 34 | | Subsection (a), this section applies to a current or former |
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| 39 | 35 | | administrative law judge for the State Office of Administrative |
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| 40 | 36 | | Hearings. |
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| 41 | 37 | | SECTION 4. The changes in law made by this Act apply only to |
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| 42 | 38 | | a request for information that is received by a governmental body or |
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| 43 | 39 | | an officer on or after the effective date of this Act. A request for |
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| 44 | 40 | | information that was received before the effective date of this Act |
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| 45 | 41 | | is governed by the law in effect on the date the request was |
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| 46 | 42 | | received, and the former law is continued in effect for that |
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| 47 | 43 | | purpose. |
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| 48 | 44 | | SECTION 5. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025. |
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