Bill Text: TX HB3055 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the confidentiality of certain home address information.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-03-19 - Referred to Public Health [HB3055 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-HB3055-Introduced.html
By: Hinojosa | H.B. No. 3055 |
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relating to the confidentiality of certain home address | ||
information. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 25.025(a), Tax Code, as amended by | ||
Chapters 34 (S.B. 1576), 41 (S.B. 256), 193 (S.B. 510), 1006 (H.B. | ||
1278), and 1145 (H.B. 457), Acts of the 85th Legislature, Regular | ||
Session, 2017, 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, and the spouse or | ||
surviving spouse of the peace officer; | ||
(2) the adult child of a current peace officer as | ||
defined by Article 2.12, Code of Criminal Procedure; | ||
(3) a county jailer as defined by Section 1701.001, | ||
Occupations Code; | ||
(4) an employee of the Texas Department of Criminal | ||
Justice; | ||
(5) a commissioned security officer as defined by | ||
Section 1702.002, Occupations Code; | ||
(6) an individual who shows that the individual, the | ||
individual's child, or another person in the individual's household | ||
is a victim of family violence as defined by Section 71.004, Family | ||
Code, by providing: | ||
(A) a copy of a protective order issued under | ||
Chapter 85, Family Code, or a magistrate's order for emergency | ||
protection issued under Article 17.292, Code of Criminal Procedure; | ||
or | ||
(B) other independent documentary evidence | ||
necessary to show that the individual, the individual's child, or | ||
another person in the individual's household is a victim of family | ||
violence; | ||
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the individual's child, or another person in the individual's | ||
household is a victim of sexual assault or abuse, stalking, or | ||
trafficking of persons by providing: | ||
(A) a copy of a protective order issued under | ||
Chapter 7A or Article 6.09, Code of Criminal Procedure, or a | ||
magistrate's order for emergency protection issued under Article | ||
17.292, Code of Criminal Procedure; or | ||
(B) other independent documentary evidence | ||
necessary to show that the individual, the individual's child, or | ||
another person in the individual's household is a victim of sexual | ||
assault or abuse, stalking, or trafficking of persons; | ||
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confidentiality program administered by the attorney general under | ||
Subchapter C, Chapter 56, Code of Criminal Procedure, who provides | ||
proof of certification under Article 56.84, Code of Criminal | ||
Procedure; | ||
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spouse of a federal judge or state judge; | ||
(10) a current or former district attorney, criminal | ||
district attorney, or county or municipal attorney whose | ||
jurisdiction includes any criminal law or child protective services | ||
matters; | ||
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attorney, criminal district attorney, or county or municipal | ||
attorney whose jurisdiction includes any criminal law or child | ||
protective services matters; | ||
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supervision and corrections department established under Chapter | ||
76, Government Code, who performs a duty described by Section | ||
76.004(b) of that code; | ||
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States as described by Article 2.122(a), Code of Criminal | ||
Procedure; | ||
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States Federal Protective Service; | ||
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or assistant United States attorney and the spouse and child of the | ||
attorney; | ||
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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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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; | ||
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Juvenile Justice Department or of the predecessors in function of | ||
the department; | ||
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supervision officer certified by the Texas Juvenile Justice | ||
Department, or the predecessors in function of the department, | ||
under Title 12, Human Resources Code; | ||
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justice program or facility, as those terms are defined by Section | ||
261.405, Family Code; [ |
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Civil Commitment Office or the predecessor in function of the | ||
office or a division of the office; | ||
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judge or state judge; and | ||
(24) an employee of or volunteer or contractor for a | ||
clinic or facility that provides abortion or family planning | ||
services. | ||
SECTION 2. Section 13.004(c), Election Code, is amended to | ||
read as follows: | ||
(c) The following information furnished on a registration | ||
application is confidential and does not constitute public | ||
information for purposes of Chapter 552, Government Code: | ||
(1) a social security number; | ||
(2) a Texas driver's license number; | ||
(3) a number of a personal identification card issued | ||
by the Department of Public Safety; | ||
(4) an indication that an applicant is interested in | ||
working as an election judge; [ |
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(5) the residence address of the applicant, if the | ||
applicant is a federal judge or state judge, as defined by Section | ||
13.0021, the spouse of a federal judge or state judge, or an | ||
individual to whom Section 552.1175, Government Code, applies and | ||
the applicant: | ||
(A) included an affidavit with the registration | ||
application describing the applicant's status under this | ||
subdivision, including an affidavit under Section 13.0021 if the | ||
applicant is a federal judge or state judge or the spouse of a | ||
federal judge or state judge; | ||
(B) provided the registrar with an affidavit | ||
describing the applicant's status under this subdivision, | ||
including an affidavit under Section 15.0215 if the applicant is a | ||
federal judge or state judge or the spouse of a federal judge or | ||
state judge; or | ||
(C) provided the registrar with a completed form | ||
approved by the secretary of state for the purpose of notifying the | ||
registrar of the applicant's status under this subdivision; | ||
(6) the residence address of the applicant, if the | ||
applicant, the applicant's child, or another person in the | ||
applicant's household is a victim of family violence as defined by | ||
Section 71.004, Family Code, who provided the registrar with: | ||
(A) a copy of a protective order issued under | ||
Chapter 85, Family Code, or a magistrate's order for emergency | ||
protection issued under Article 17.292, Code of Criminal Procedure; | ||
or | ||
(B) other independent documentary evidence | ||
necessary to show that the applicant, the applicant's child, or | ||
another person in the applicant's household is a victim of family | ||
violence; | ||
(7) the residence address of the applicant, if the | ||
applicant, the applicant's child, or another person in the | ||
applicant's household is a victim of sexual assault or abuse, | ||
stalking, or trafficking of persons who provided the registrar | ||
with: | ||
(A) a copy of a protective order issued under | ||
Chapter 7A or Article 6.09, Code of Criminal Procedure, or a | ||
magistrate's order for emergency protection issued under Article | ||
17.292, Code of Criminal Procedure; or | ||
(B) other independent documentary evidence | ||
necessary to show that the applicant, the applicant's child, or | ||
another person in the applicant's household is a victim of sexual | ||
assault or abuse, stalking, or trafficking of persons; | ||
(8) the residence address of the applicant, if the | ||
applicant: | ||
(A) is a participant in the address | ||
confidentiality program administered by the attorney general under | ||
Subchapter B, Chapter 58, Code of Criminal Procedure; and | ||
(B) provided the registrar with proof of | ||
certification under Article 58.059, Code of Criminal Procedure. | ||
(9) the residence address of the applicant, if the | ||
applicant is an employee of or volunteer or contractor for a clinic | ||
or facility that provides abortion or family planning services. | ||
SECTION 3. To the extent of any conflict, this Act prevails | ||
over another Act of the 87th Legislature, Regular Session, 2021, | ||
relating to nonsubstantive additions to and corrections in enacted | ||
codes. | ||
SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021. |