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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to excepting the date of birth of a living person from |
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required disclosure under the public information law. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter C, Chapter 552, Government Code, is |
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amended by adding Section 552.157 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 552.157. EXCEPTION: DATES OF BIRTH. (a) The date of |
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birth of a living person is excepted from the requirements of |
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Section 552.021 but is not confidential under this section, and |
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this section does not make the date of birth of a living person |
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confidential under another provision of this chapter or other law. |
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(b) A governmental body may redact the date of birth of a |
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living person from any information the governmental body discloses |
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under Section 552.021 without the necessity of requesting a |
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decision from the attorney general under Subchapter G. |
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(c) Notwithstanding any other law, a county or district |
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clerk and a municipal clerk or secretary may disclose in the |
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ordinary course of business a person's date of birth that is |
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contained in information held by the clerk's or secretary's office, |
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and that disclosure is not official misconduct and does not subject |
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the clerk or secretary to civil or criminal liability of any kind |
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under the law of this state, including any claim for damages in a |
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lawsuit or the criminal penalty imposed by Section 552.352. |
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SECTION 2. Section 552.157, Government Code, as added by |
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this Act, applies to a request for information received by a |
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governmental body or an officer for public information without |
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regard to whether the request was received before, on, or after the |
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effective date of this Act. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |