Bill Text: TX SB811 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Engrossed
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Bill Title: Relating to disclosure of certain information by the Parks and Wildlife Department or the Texas Animal Health Commission.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Passed) 2023-05-27 - Effective immediately [SB811 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-SB811-Engrossed.html
Bill Title: Relating to disclosure of certain information by the Parks and Wildlife Department or the Texas Animal Health Commission.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Passed) 2023-05-27 - Effective immediately [SB811 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-SB811-Engrossed.html
By: Kolkhorst | S.B. No. 811 |
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relating to disclosure of certain information by the Parks and | ||
Wildlife Department or the Texas Animal Health Commission. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Subchapter C, Chapter 161, Agriculture Code, is | ||
amended by adding Section 161.0542 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 161.0542. NOTICE OF WILDLIFE DISEASE OUTBREAK. (a) | ||
Notwithstanding any law restricting the disclosure of information | ||
by the commission and subject to Subsection (b), if the commission | ||
becomes aware of a wildlife disease outbreak on a property, the | ||
commission shall provide notice of the location and nature of the | ||
outbreak to: | ||
(1) each owner of adjacent property; and | ||
(2) the Parks and Wildlife Department. | ||
(b) Subsection (a) applies only to a disease that the | ||
commission has designated as reportable. | ||
SECTION 2. Section 11.030(a), Parks and Wildlife Code, is | ||
amended to read as follows: | ||
(a) The name and address and a telephone, social security, | ||
driver's license, bank account, credit card, or charge card number | ||
of a person who purchases customer products, licenses, or services | ||
from the department may not be disclosed, sold, rented, or traded | ||
except as authorized under this section or Section 12.014, 12.103, | ||
or 12.0251. | ||
SECTION 3. Subchapter A, Chapter 12, Parks and Wildlife | ||
Code, is amended by adding Section 12.014 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 12.014. NOTICE OF WILDLIFE DISEASE OUTBREAK. (a) | ||
Notwithstanding any law restricting the disclosure of information | ||
by the department and subject to Subsection (b), if the department | ||
becomes aware of a wildlife disease outbreak on a property, the | ||
department shall provide notice of the location and nature of the | ||
outbreak to: | ||
(1) each owner of adjacent property; and | ||
(2) the Texas Animal Health Commission. | ||
(b) Subsection (a) applies only to a disease that the Texas | ||
Animal Health Commission has designated as reportable. | ||
SECTION 4. Section 12.0251(b), Parks and Wildlife Code, is | ||
amended to read as follows: | ||
(b) The commission or the department may disclose | ||
information described by this section only to: | ||
(1) the landowner; | ||
(2) another person if [ |
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plan or recommendation report; or | ||
(3) the Texas Animal Health Commission as needed to | ||
carry out a governmental purpose. | ||
SECTION 5. Section 12.103, Parks and Wildlife Code, is | ||
amended by amending Subsections (b) and (c) and adding Subsection | ||
(d-1) to read as follows: | ||
(b) Except as provided by Subsection (d) or (d-1), the | ||
department may use information collected by an employee of the | ||
department on privately owned land only for the purposes of | ||
scientific investigations and research described in Subsection (a) | ||
and only if authorized in writing by the landowner or the | ||
landowner's agent. Unless the department first obtains the written | ||
consent of the landowner or the landowner's agent, the department | ||
may not: | ||
(1) use other incidental information obtained on the | ||
land that does not pertain directly to the investigation or | ||
research authorized under Subsection (a); or | ||
(2) enter or permit the entry of any information that | ||
does not pertain directly to the investigation or research | ||
authorized under Subsection (a), into a database: | ||
(A) maintained by the department and available to | ||
a person other than a department employee; | ||
(B) maintained by a natural heritage program | ||
administered by the department; or | ||
(C) established and maintained by any other | ||
person. | ||
(c) Except as provided by Subsection (d) or (d-1), | ||
information collected under this section may only be reported or | ||
compiled in a manner that prevents the identification of an | ||
individual parcel or specific parcels of private property without | ||
the written consent of the landowner or the landowner's agent. | ||
(d-1) The department may disclose information collected | ||
under this section to the Texas Animal Health Commission as needed | ||
to carry out a governmental purpose. | ||
SECTION 6. 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. |