Bill Text: TX HB418 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the availability of personal information of a current or former federal prosecutor.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-04-17 - Left pending in committee [HB418 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-HB418-Introduced.html
86R3395 BEF-D | ||
By: VanDeaver | H.B. No. 418 |
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relating to the availability of personal information of a current | ||
or former federal prosecutor. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 552.117(a), Government Code, as amended | ||
by Chapters 34 (S.B. 1576), 190 (S.B. 42), and 1006 (H.B. 1278), | ||
Acts of the 85th Legislature, Regular Session, 2017, is reenacted | ||
and amended to read as follows: | ||
(a) Information is excepted from the requirements of | ||
Section 552.021 if it is information that relates to the home | ||
address, home telephone number, emergency contact information, or | ||
social security number of the following person or that reveals | ||
whether the person has family members: | ||
(1) a current or former official or employee of a | ||
governmental body, except as otherwise provided by Section 552.024; | ||
(2) a peace officer as defined by Article 2.12, Code of | ||
Criminal Procedure, or a security officer commissioned under | ||
Section 51.212, Education Code, regardless of whether the officer | ||
complies with Section 552.024 or 552.1175, as applicable; | ||
(3) a current or former employee of the Texas | ||
Department of Criminal Justice or of the predecessor in function of | ||
the department or any division of the department, regardless of | ||
whether the current or former employee complies with Section | ||
552.1175; | ||
(4) a peace officer as defined by Article 2.12, Code of | ||
Criminal Procedure, or other law, a reserve law enforcement | ||
officer, a commissioned deputy game warden, or a corrections | ||
officer in a municipal, county, or state penal institution in this | ||
state who was killed in the line of duty, regardless of whether the | ||
deceased complied with Section 552.024 or 552.1175; | ||
(5) a commissioned security officer as defined by | ||
Section 1702.002, Occupations Code, regardless of whether the | ||
officer complies with Section 552.024 or 552.1175, as applicable; | ||
(6) an officer or employee of a community supervision | ||
and corrections department established under Chapter 76 who | ||
performs a duty described by Section 76.004(b), regardless of | ||
whether the officer or employee complies with Section 552.024 or | ||
552.1175; | ||
(7) a current or former employee of the office of the | ||
attorney general who is or was assigned to a division of that office | ||
the duties of which involve law enforcement, regardless of whether | ||
the current or former employee complies with Section 552.024 or | ||
552.1175; | ||
(8) a current or former employee of the Texas Juvenile | ||
Justice Department or of the predecessors in function of the | ||
department, regardless of whether the current or former employee | ||
complies with Section 552.024 or 552.1175; | ||
(9) a current or former juvenile probation or | ||
supervision officer certified by the Texas Juvenile Justice | ||
Department, or the predecessors in function of the department, | ||
under Title 12, Human Resources Code, regardless of whether the | ||
current or former officer complies with Section 552.024 or | ||
552.1175; | ||
(10) a current or former employee of a juvenile | ||
justice program or facility, as those terms are defined by Section | ||
261.405, Family Code, regardless of whether the current or former | ||
employee complies with Section 552.024 or 552.1175; | ||
(11) a current or former member of the Texas military | ||
forces, as that term is defined by Section 437.001; | ||
(12) a current or former district attorney, criminal | ||
district attorney, or county or municipal attorney whose | ||
jurisdiction includes any criminal law or child protective services | ||
matters, regardless of whether the current or former attorney | ||
complies with Section 552.024 or 552.1175; [ |
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(13) a current or former employee of a district | ||
attorney, criminal district attorney, or county or municipal | ||
attorney whose jurisdiction includes any criminal law or child | ||
protective services matters, regardless of whether the current or | ||
former employee complies with Section 552.024 or 552.1175; | ||
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Civil Commitment Office or of the predecessor in function of the | ||
office or a division of the office, regardless of whether the | ||
current or former employee complies with Section 552.024 or | ||
552.1175; | ||
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judge, as those terms are defined by Section 13.0021(a), Election | ||
Code, or a spouse of a current or former federal judge or state | ||
judge; or | ||
(16) a current or former United States attorney or | ||
assistant United States attorney, regardless of whether the current | ||
or former attorney complies with Section 552.024 or 552.1175 | ||
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SECTION 2. The heading to Section 552.1175, Government | ||
Code, is amended to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 552.1175. EXCEPTION: CONFIDENTIALITY OF CERTAIN | ||
PERSONAL IDENTIFYING INFORMATION OF PEACE OFFICERS AND OTHER | ||
OFFICIALS PERFORMING SENSITIVE GOVERNMENTAL FUNCTIONS [ |
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SECTION 3. Section 552.1175(a), Government Code, is amended | ||
to read as follows: | ||
(a) This section applies only to: | ||
(1) peace officers as defined by Article 2.12, Code of | ||
Criminal Procedure; | ||
(2) county jailers as defined by Section 1701.001, | ||
Occupations Code; | ||
(3) current or former employees of the Texas | ||
Department of Criminal Justice or of the predecessor in function of | ||
the department or any division of the department; | ||
(4) commissioned security officers as defined by | ||
Section 1702.002, Occupations Code; | ||
(5) a current or former district attorney, criminal | ||
district attorney, or county or municipal attorney whose | ||
jurisdiction includes any criminal law or child protective services | ||
matters; | ||
(5-a) a current or former employee of a district | ||
attorney, criminal district attorney, or county or municipal | ||
attorney whose jurisdiction includes any criminal law or child | ||
protective services matters; | ||
(6) officers and employees of a community supervision | ||
and corrections department established under Chapter 76 who perform | ||
a duty described by Section 76.004(b); | ||
(7) criminal investigators of the United States as | ||
described by Article 2.122(a), Code of Criminal Procedure; | ||
(8) police officers and inspectors of the United | ||
States Federal Protective Service; | ||
(9) current and former employees of the office of the | ||
attorney general who are or were assigned to a division of that | ||
office the duties of which involve law enforcement; | ||
(10) current or former juvenile probation and | ||
detention officers certified by the Texas Juvenile Justice | ||
Department, or the predecessors in function of the department, | ||
under Title 12, Human Resources Code; | ||
(11) current or former employees of a juvenile justice | ||
program or facility, as those terms are defined by Section 261.405, | ||
Family Code; | ||
(12) current or former employees of the Texas Juvenile | ||
Justice Department or the predecessors in function of the | ||
department; | ||
(13) federal judges and state judges as defined by | ||
Section 13.0021, Election Code; [ |
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(14) current or former employees of the Texas Civil | ||
Commitment Office or of the predecessor in function of the office or | ||
a division of the office; and | ||
(15) a current or former United States attorney or | ||
assistant United States attorney. | ||
SECTION 4. The changes in law made by this Act to Sections | ||
552.117 and 552.1175, Government Code, apply only to a request for | ||
information that is received by a governmental body or an officer on | ||
or after the effective date of this Act. A request for information | ||
that was received before the effective date of this Act is governed | ||
by the law in effect on the date the request was received, and the | ||
former law is continued in effect for that purpose. | ||
SECTION 5. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives | ||
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as | ||
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this | ||
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this | ||
Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |