Bill Text: TX HB2766 | 2015-2016 | 84th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relating to the confidentiality of a person's date of birth; affecting the prosecution of the offense of distribution or misuse of confidential information.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-03-16 - Referred to Government Transparency & Operation [HB2766 Detail]

Download: Texas-2015-HB2766-Introduced.html

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84R9637 MCK-D
By: Burkett H.B. No. 2766

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the confidentiality of a person's date of birth;
affecting the prosecution of the offense of distribution or misuse
of confidential information.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter C, Chapter 552, Government Code, is
amended by adding Section 552.1151 to read as follows:
Sec. 552.1151. CONFIDENTIALITY OF DATE OF BIRTH. (a) A
person's date of birth is confidential and not subject to
disclosure under this chapter.
(b) A governmental body may redact a person's date of birth
from any information the governmental body discloses under Section
552.021 without the necessity of requesting a decision from the
attorney general under Subchapter G.
(c) Notwithstanding any other law, a county or district
clerk may disclose in the ordinary course of business a person's
date of birth that is contained in information held by the clerk's
office, and that disclosure is not official misconduct and does not
subject the clerk to civil or criminal liability of any kind under
the law of this state, including any claim for damages in a lawsuit
or the criminal penalty imposed by Section 552.352.
SECTION 2. Section 552.1151, Government Code, as added by
this Act, applies to a request for information made before, on, or
after the effective date of this Act.
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, 2015.