Bill Summary – FastDemocracy

         
            S.B. No. 1525
         
Statutes affected: 
Introduced: Tax Code 25.025 (Tax Code 25)
Senate Committee Report: Tax Code 25.025 (Tax Code 25)
Engrossed: Tax Code 25.025 (Tax Code 25)
House Committee Report: Tax Code 25.025 (Tax Code 25)
Enrolled: Tax Code 25.025 (Tax Code 25)

               AN ACT
            
            relating to the confidentiality of certain home address information 
         
            in property tax appraisal records.
         
                   BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         
                   SECTION 1.  Section 25.025(a), Tax Code, is 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 current or honorably retired 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;
         
                         (7)  an individual who shows 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 by providing:
         
                               (A)  a copy of a protective order issued under 
         
            Subchapter A or B, Chapter 7B, 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;
         
                         (8)  a participant in the address confidentiality 
         
            program administered by the attorney general under Subchapter B, 
         
            Chapter 58, Code of Criminal Procedure, who provides proof of 
         
            certification under Article 58.059, Code of Criminal Procedure;
         
                         (9)  a federal judge, a federal bankruptcy judge, a 
         
            marshal of the United States Marshals Service, a state judge, or a 
         
            family member of a federal judge, a federal bankruptcy judge, a 
         
            marshal of the United States Marshals Service, or a 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;
         
                         (11)  a current or former employee of a district 
         
            attorney, criminal district attorney, or county or municipal 
         
            attorney whose jurisdiction includes any criminal law or child 
         
            protective services matters;
         
                         (12)  an officer or employee of a community supervision 
         
            and corrections department established under Chapter 76, 
         
            Government Code, who performs a duty described by Section 76.004(b) 
         
            of that code;
         
                         (13)  a criminal investigator of the United States as 
         
            described by Article 2.122(a), Code of Criminal Procedure;
         
                         (14)  a current or honorably retired police officer or 
         
            inspector of the United States Federal Protective Service;
         
                         (15)  a current or former United States attorney, 
         
            assistant United States attorney, federal public defender, deputy 
         
            federal public defender, or assistant federal public defender and 
         
            the spouse and child of the attorney or public defender;
         
                         (16)  a current or former employee of the office of the 
         
            attorney general who is or was assigned to a division of that office 
         
            the duties of which involve law enforcement;
         
                         (17)  a medical examiner or person who performs 
         
            forensic analysis or testing who is employed by this state or one or




	AN ACT
	relating to the confidentiality of certain home address information
	in property tax appraisal records.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
	SECTION 1. Section 25.025(a), Tax Code, is 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 current or honorably retired 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;
	(7) an individual who shows 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 by providing:
	(A) a copy of a protective order issued under
	Subchapter A or B, Chapter 7B, 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;
	(8) a participant in the address confidentiality
	program administered by the attorney general under Subchapter B,
	Chapter 58, Code of Criminal Procedure, who provides proof of
	certification under Article 58.059, Code of Criminal Procedure;
	(9) a federal judge, a federal bankruptcy judge, a
	marshal of the United States Marshals Service, a state judge, or a
	family member of a federal judge, a federal bankruptcy judge, a
	marshal of the United States Marshals Service, or a 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;
	(11) a current or former employee of a district
	attorney, criminal district attorney, or county or municipal
	attorney whose jurisdiction includes any criminal law or child
	protective services matters;
	(12) an officer or employee of a community supervision
	and corrections department established under Chapter 76,
	Government Code, who performs a duty described by Section 76.004(b)
	of that code;
	(13) a criminal investigator of the United States as
	described by Article 2.122(a), Code of Criminal Procedure;
	(14) a current or honorably retired police officer or
	inspector of the United States Federal Protective Service;
	(15) a current or former United States attorney,
	assistant United States attorney, federal public defender, deputy
	federal public defender, or assistant federal public defender and
	the spouse and child of the attorney or public defender;
	(16) a current or former employee of the office of the
	attorney general who is or was assigned to a division of that office
	the duties of which involve law enforcement;
	(17) a medical examiner or person who performs
	forensic analysis or testing who is employed by this state or one or