Bill Text: TX HB3556 | 2011-2012 | 82nd Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to a requirement that a state agency reveal the identity of certain anonymous complainants to the person against whom the state agency has initiated a contested case.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-03-22 - Referred to Licensing & Administrative Procedures [HB3556 Detail]
Download: Texas-2011-HB3556-Introduced.html
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| By: Lucio III | H.B. No. 3556 | |
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| relating to a requirement that a state agency reveal the identity of | ||
| certain anonymous complainants to the person against whom the state | ||
| agency has initiated a contested case. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Subtitle A, Title 10, Government Code, is | ||
| amended by adding Chapter 2010 to read as follows: | ||
| CHAPTER 2010. DISCLOSURE OF CERTAIN | ||
| INFORMATION BY STATE AGENCIES | ||
| Sec. 2010.001. DEFINITION. In this chapter, "state agency" | ||
| means an officer, board, commission, department, or other agency in | ||
| the executive branch of state government with statewide | ||
| jurisdiction that makes rules or determines contested cases. | ||
| Sec. 2010.002. IDENTITY OF COMPLAINANT. At the time a state | ||
| agency initiates a contested case against a person under Chapter | ||
| 2001 in a proceeding that was initiated on the basis of an anonymous | ||
| complaint, the state agency shall disclose to the person the | ||
| identity of the complainant. | ||
| SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only | ||
| to a complaint filed with a state agency on or after the effective | ||
| date of this Act. A complaint filed with a state agency before the | ||
| effective date of this Act is subject to the law in effect on the | ||
| date the complaint is filed, and that law is continued in effect for | ||
| that purpose. | ||
| SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011. | ||
