83R9628 VOO-F
	By: Huberty	H.B. No. 2961

	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
	AN ACT
	relating to the social security numbers of school district
	employees.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
	SECTION 1.  Section 552.024, Government Code, is amended by
	amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsection (a-1) to read as
	follows:
	(a)  Except as provided by Subsection (a-1), each [Each]
	employee or official of a governmental body and each former
	employee or official of a governmental body shall choose whether to
	allow public access to the information in the custody of the
	governmental body that relates to the person's home address, home
	telephone number, emergency contact information, or social
	security number, or that reveals whether the person has family
	members.
	(a-1)  A school district may not require an employee or
	former employee of the district to choose whether to allow public
	access to the employee or former employee's social security number.
	SECTION 2.  Section 552.147, Government Code, is amended by
	amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsection (a-1) to read as
	follows:
	(a)  Except as provided by Subsection (a-1), the [The] social
	security number of a living person is excepted from the
	requirements of Section 552.021, but is not confidential under this
	section and this section does not make the social security number of
	a living person confidential under another provision of this
	chapter or other law.
	(a-1)  The social security number of an employee of a school
	district in the custody of the district is confidential.
	SECTION 3.  Subchapter D, Chapter 11, Education Code, is
	amended by adding Section 11.1514 to read as follows:
	Sec. 11.1514.  SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBERS. The board of
	trustees of an independent school district shall adopt a policy
	prohibiting the use of the social security number of an employee of
	the district as an employee identifier other than for tax purposes.
	SECTION 4.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2013.