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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to a requirement that a state agency reveal the identity of |
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certain anonymous complainants to the person against whom the state |
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agency has initiated a contested case. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subtitle A, Title 10, Government Code, is |
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amended by adding Chapter 2010 to read as follows: |
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CHAPTER 2010. DISCLOSURE OF CERTAIN |
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INFORMATION BY STATE AGENCIES |
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Sec. 2010.001. DEFINITION. In this chapter, "state agency" |
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means an officer, board, commission, department, or other agency in |
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the executive branch of state government with statewide |
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jurisdiction that makes rules or determines contested cases. |
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Sec. 2010.002. IDENTITY OF COMPLAINANT. At the time a state |
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agency initiates a contested case against a person under Chapter |
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2001 in a proceeding that was initiated on the basis of an anonymous |
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complaint, the state agency shall disclose to the person the |
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identity of the complainant. |
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SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only |
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to a complaint filed with a state agency on or after the effective |
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date of this Act. A complaint filed with a state agency before the |
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effective date of this Act is subject to the law in effect on the |
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date the complaint is filed, and that law is continued in effect for |
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that purpose. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011. |