Bill Text: TX SB1332 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the availability of certain dates of birth under the public information law.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-03-14 - Referred to Criminal Justice [SB1332 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-SB1332-Introduced.html
By: Rodríguez | S.B. No. 1332 | |
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relating to the availability of certain dates of birth under the | ||
public information law. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 552.022(a), Government Code, is amended | ||
to read as follows: | ||
(a) Without limiting the amount or kind of information that | ||
is public information under this chapter, the following categories | ||
of information are public information and not excepted from | ||
required disclosure unless made confidential under this chapter or | ||
other law: | ||
(1) a completed report, audit, evaluation, or | ||
investigation made of, for, or by a governmental body, except as | ||
provided by Section 552.108; | ||
(2) the name, sex, ethnicity, salary, title, and dates | ||
of employment of each employee and officer of a governmental body; | ||
(3) information in an account, voucher, or contract | ||
relating to the receipt or expenditure of public or other funds by a | ||
governmental body; | ||
(4) the name of each official and the final record of | ||
voting on all proceedings in a governmental body; | ||
(5) all working papers, research material, and | ||
information used to estimate the need for or expenditure of public | ||
funds or taxes by a governmental body, on completion of the | ||
estimate; | ||
(6) the name, place of business, and the name of the | ||
municipality to which local sales and use taxes are credited, if | ||
any, for the named person, of a person reporting or paying sales and | ||
use taxes under Chapter 151, Tax Code; | ||
(7) a description of an agency's central and field | ||
organizations, including: | ||
(A) the established places at which the public | ||
may obtain information, submit information or requests, or obtain | ||
decisions; | ||
(B) the employees from whom the public may obtain | ||
information, submit information or requests, or obtain decisions; | ||
(C) in the case of a uniformed service, the | ||
members from whom the public may obtain information, submit | ||
information or requests, or obtain decisions; and | ||
(D) the methods by which the public may obtain | ||
information, submit information or requests, or obtain decisions; | ||
(8) a statement of the general course and method by | ||
which an agency's functions are channeled and determined, including | ||
the nature and requirements of all formal and informal policies and | ||
procedures; | ||
(9) a rule of procedure, a description of forms | ||
available or the places at which forms may be obtained, and | ||
instructions relating to the scope and content of all papers, | ||
reports, or examinations; | ||
(10) a substantive rule of general applicability | ||
adopted or issued by an agency as authorized by law, and a statement | ||
of general policy or interpretation of general applicability | ||
formulated and adopted by an agency; | ||
(11) each amendment, revision, or repeal of | ||
information described by Subdivisions (7)-(10); | ||
(12) final opinions, including concurring and | ||
dissenting opinions, and orders issued in the adjudication of | ||
cases; | ||
(13) a policy statement or interpretation that has | ||
been adopted or issued by an agency; | ||
(14) administrative staff manuals and instructions to | ||
staff that affect a member of the public; | ||
(15) information regarded as open to the public under | ||
an agency's policies; | ||
(16) information that is in a bill for attorney's fees | ||
and that is not privileged under the attorney-client privilege; | ||
(17) information that is also contained in a public | ||
court record; [ |
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(18) a settlement agreement to which a governmental | ||
body is a party; and | ||
(19) the date of birth of a person who is or has been | ||
confined in a city or county jail or in a correctional facility | ||
operated by or under contract with the Texas Department of Criminal | ||
Justice contained in a record of a law enforcement agency or | ||
criminal justice agency. | ||
SECTION 2. The changes in law made by this Act apply only to | ||
a request for information that is received by a governmental body or | ||
an officer for public information 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 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |