Bill Text: TX HB1765 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Engrossed
Bill Title: Relating to the redaction of certain information from a document posted on the Internet by a county clerk or district clerk on request of a person to whom the information relates or the judicial security division of the Office of Court Administration of the Texas Judicial System.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2023-05-05 - Referred to Business & Commerce [HB1765 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HB1765-Engrossed.html
| By: Burns | H.B. No. 1765 | |
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| relating to the redaction of certain information from a document | ||
| posted on the Internet by a county clerk or district clerk on | ||
| request of a person to whom the information relates or the judicial | ||
| security division of the Office of Court Administration of the | ||
| Texas Judicial System. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Section 552.117, Government Code, is amended by | ||
| amending Subsection (b) and adding Subsection (b-1) to read as | ||
| follows: | ||
| (b) Except as provided by Subsection (b-1), all [ |
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| documents filed with a county clerk and all documents filed with a | ||
| district clerk are exempt from this section. | ||
| (b-1) A county clerk or district clerk shall on request of a | ||
| person to whom this section applies redact information described by | ||
| Subsection (a) from the electronic image of a document posted by the | ||
| clerk on an Internet website that relates to the person making the | ||
| request if the clerk has the ability to electronically redact the | ||
| information from the electronic image of the posted document. A | ||
| county clerk or district clerk shall on request of the judicial | ||
| security division of the Office of Court Administration of the | ||
| Texas Judicial System redact information described by Subsection | ||
| (a) in the manner and under the conditions prescribed by this | ||
| subsection. A clerk that redacts an electronic image of a posted | ||
| document under this subsection shall include on the website a | ||
| statement advising members of the public that one or more documents | ||
| posted on the website have been redacted as required by state law. | ||
| SECTION 2. Section 552.1175, Government Code, is amended by | ||
| amending Subsection (e) and adding Subsection (e-1) to read as | ||
| follows: | ||
| (e) Except as provided by Subsection (e-1), all [ |
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| documents filed with a county clerk and all documents filed with a | ||
| district clerk are exempt from this section. | ||
| (e-1) A county clerk or district clerk shall on request of a | ||
| person to whom this section applies redact information described by | ||
| Subsection (b) from the electronic image of a document posted by the | ||
| clerk on an Internet website that relates to the person making the | ||
| request if the clerk has the ability to electronically redact the | ||
| information from the electronic image of the posted document. A | ||
| county clerk or district clerk shall on request of the judicial | ||
| security division of the Office of Court Administration of the | ||
| Texas Judicial System redact information described by Subsection | ||
| (b) in the manner and under the conditions prescribed by this | ||
| subsection. A clerk that redacts an electronic image of a posted | ||
| document under this subsection shall include on the website a | ||
| statement advising members of the public that one or more documents | ||
| posted on the website have been redacted as required by state law. | ||
| SECTION 3. 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, 2023. | ||
