Bill Text: TX HB1725 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Comm Sub
Bill Title: Relating to the exception to disclosure under the public information law of certain personal information contained in a citation issued for a violation of a state traffic law or local traffic ordinance.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-04-19 - Committee report sent to Calendars [HB1725 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-HB1725-Comm_Sub.html
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| By: Hernandez, Villalba | H.B. No. 1725 | ||
| Substitute the following for H.B. No. 1725: | |||
| By: Hernandez | C.S.H.B. No. 1725 | ||
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| relating to the exception to disclosure under the public | ||
| information law of certain personal information contained in a | ||
| citation issued for a violation of a state traffic law or local | ||
| traffic ordinance. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Subchapter C, Chapter 552, Government Code, is | ||
| amended by adding Section 552.1082 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 552.1082. EXCEPTION: CERTAIN PERSONAL INFORMATION | ||
| FROM TRAFFIC VIOLATION RECORDS. (a) Except as provided by | ||
| Subsection (b), information contained in a citation issued for a | ||
| violation of a state traffic law or local traffic ordinance is | ||
| excepted from the requirements of Section 552.021 if the | ||
| information is the home address or personal telephone number of the | ||
| person who is the subject of a citation. | ||
| (b) Information described by Subsection (a) shall be made | ||
| available on the request of: | ||
| (1) a radio or television station that holds a license | ||
| issued by the Federal Communications Commission; or | ||
| (2) a newspaper that is: | ||
| (A) a free newspaper of general circulation or | ||
| qualified under Section 2051.044 to publish legal notices; | ||
| (B) published at least once a week; and | ||
| (C) available and of interest to the general | ||
| public in connection with the dissemination of news. | ||
| SECTION 2. 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, 2017. | ||
