Bill Text: TX HB1311 | 2015-2016 | 84th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to the confidentiality of personal information concerning certain employees currently or formerly involved in the Texas juvenile justice system.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: (Passed) 2015-06-16 - Effective immediately [HB1311 Detail]
Download: Texas-2015-HB1311-Enrolled.html
H.B. No. 1311 |
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relating to the confidentiality of personal information concerning | ||
certain employees currently or formerly involved in the Texas | ||
juvenile justice system. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 552.117(a), Government Code, is 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; or | ||
(10) a current or former employee [ |
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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. | ||
SECTION 2. Section 552.1175(a), Government Code, as amended | ||
by Chapters 937 (H.B. 1632) and 1033 (H.B. 2733), Acts of the 83rd | ||
Legislature, Regular Session, 2013, is reenacted and 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) employees 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; [ |
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(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; [ |
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(12) current or former employees of the Texas Juvenile | ||
Justice Department or the predecessors in function of the | ||
department; and | ||
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by Section 13.0021, Election Code. | ||
SECTION 3. Section 25.025(a), Tax Code, as reenacted and | ||
amended by Chapters 996 (H.B. 2267) and 1028 (H.B. 2676), Acts of | ||
the 83rd Legislature, Regular Session, 2013, is reenacted and | ||
amended to read as follows: | ||
(a) This section applies only to: | ||
(1) a current or former peace officer as defined by | ||
Article 2.12, Code of Criminal Procedure; | ||
(2) a county jailer as defined by Section 1701.001, | ||
Occupations Code; | ||
(3) an employee of the Texas Department of Criminal | ||
Justice; | ||
(4) a commissioned security officer as defined by | ||
Section 1702.002, Occupations Code; | ||
(5) a victim of family violence as defined by Section | ||
71.004, Family Code, if as a result of the act of family violence | ||
against the victim, the actor is convicted of a felony or a Class A | ||
misdemeanor; | ||
(6) a federal judge, a state judge, or the spouse of a | ||
federal judge or state judge; | ||
(7) 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; | ||
(8) an officer or employee of a community supervision | ||
and corrections department established under Chapter 76, | ||
Government Code, who performs a duty described by Section 76.004(b) | ||
of that code; | ||
(9) a criminal investigator of the United States as | ||
described by Article 2.122(a), Code of Criminal Procedure; | ||
(10) a police officer or inspector of the United | ||
States Federal Protective Service; | ||
(11) a current or former United States attorney or | ||
assistant United States attorney and the spouse and child of the | ||
attorney; | ||
(12) 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; [ |
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(13) a medical examiner or person who performs | ||
forensic analysis or testing who is employed by this state or one or | ||
more political subdivisions of this state; | ||
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States armed forces who has served in an area that the president of | ||
the United States by executive order designates for purposes of 26 | ||
U.S.C. Section 112 as an area in which armed forces of the United | ||
States are or have engaged in combat; | ||
(15) a current or former employee of the Texas | ||
Juvenile Justice Department or of the predecessors in function of | ||
the department; | ||
(16) 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; and | ||
(17) a current or former employee of a juvenile | ||
justice program or facility, as those terms are defined by Section | ||
261.405, Family Code. | ||
SECTION 4. To the extent of any conflict, this Act prevails | ||
over another Act of the 84th Legislature, Regular Session, 2015, | ||
relating to nonsubstantive additions to and corrections in enacted | ||
codes. | ||
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, 2015. | ||
______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
I certify that H.B. No. 1311 was passed by the House on May 5, | ||
2015, by the following vote: Yeas 144, Nays 1, 2 present, not | ||
voting. | ||
______________________________ | ||
Chief Clerk of the House | ||
I certify that H.B. No. 1311 was passed by the Senate on May | ||
22, 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. | ||
______________________________ | ||
Secretary of the Senate | ||
APPROVED: _____________________ | ||
Date | ||
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Governor |