Bill Text: TX HB3175 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to the confidentiality of certain personal information of an applicant for disaster recovery funds.
Sponsorship: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Passed) 2019-06-10 - Effective on 9/1/19 [HB3175 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-HB3175-Enrolled.html
| H.B. No. 3175 | ||
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| relating to the confidentiality of certain personal information of | ||
| an applicant for disaster recovery funds. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Subchapter C, Chapter 552, Government Code, is | ||
| amended by adding Section 552.160 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 552.160. CONFIDENTIALITY OF PERSONAL INFORMATION OF | ||
| APPLICANT FOR DISASTER RECOVERY FUNDS. (a) In this section, | ||
| "disaster" has the meaning assigned by Section 418.004. | ||
| (b) Except as provided by Subsection (c), the following | ||
| information maintained by a governmental body is confidential: | ||
| (1) the name, social security number, house number, | ||
| street name, and telephone number of an individual or household | ||
| that applies for state or federal disaster recovery funds; | ||
| (2) the name, tax identification number, address, and | ||
| telephone number of a business entity or an owner of a business | ||
| entity that applies for state or federal disaster recovery funds; | ||
| and | ||
| (3) any other information the disclosure of which | ||
| would identify or tend to identify a person or household that | ||
| applies for state or federal disaster recovery funds. | ||
| (c) The street name and census block group of and the amount | ||
| of disaster recovery funds awarded to a person or household are not | ||
| confidential after the date on which disaster recovery funds are | ||
| awarded to the person or household. | ||
| SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. | ||
| ______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
| President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
| I certify that H.B. No. 3175 was passed by the House on April | ||
| 25, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 129, Nays 1, 1 present, not | ||
| voting. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
| I certify that H.B. No. 3175 was passed by the Senate on May | ||
| 21, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Secretary of the Senate | ||
| APPROVED: _____________________ | ||
| Date | ||
| _____________________ | ||
| Governor | ||
