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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the confidentiality of certain home address information |
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in property tax appraisal records. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 25.025(a), Tax Code, is amended to read |
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as follows: |
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(a) This section applies only to: |
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(1) a current or former peace officer as defined by |
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Article 2.12, Code of Criminal Procedure, and the spouse or |
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surviving spouse of the peace officer; |
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(2) the adult child of a current peace officer as |
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defined by Article 2.12, Code of Criminal Procedure; |
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(3) a current or honorably retired county jailer as |
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defined by Section 1701.001, Occupations Code; |
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(4) an employee of the Texas Department of Criminal |
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Justice; |
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(5) a commissioned security officer as defined by |
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Section 1702.002, Occupations Code; |
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(6) an individual who shows that the individual, the |
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individual's child, or another person in the individual's household |
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is a victim of family violence as defined by Section 71.004, Family |
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Code, by providing: |
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(A) a copy of a protective order issued under |
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Chapter 85, Family Code, or a magistrate's order for emergency |
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protection issued under Article 17.292, Code of Criminal Procedure; |
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or |
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(B) other independent documentary evidence |
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necessary to show that the individual, the individual's child, or |
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another person in the individual's household is a victim of family |
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violence; |
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(7) an individual who shows that the individual, the |
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individual's child, or another person in the individual's household |
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is a victim of sexual assault or abuse, stalking, or trafficking of |
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persons by providing: |
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(A) a copy of a protective order issued under |
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Subchapter A or B, Chapter 7B, Code of Criminal Procedure, or a |
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magistrate's order for emergency protection issued under Article |
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17.292, Code of Criminal Procedure; or |
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(B) other independent documentary evidence |
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necessary to show that the individual, the individual's child, or |
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another person in the individual's household is a victim of sexual |
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assault or abuse, stalking, or trafficking of persons; |
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(8) a participant in the address confidentiality |
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program administered by the attorney general under Subchapter B, |
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Chapter 58, Code of Criminal Procedure, who provides proof of |
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certification under Article 58.059, Code of Criminal Procedure; |
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(9) a federal judge, a federal bankruptcy judge, a |
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marshal of the United States Marshals Service, a state judge, or a |
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family member of a federal judge, a federal bankruptcy judge, a |
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marshal of the United States Marshals Service, or a state judge; |
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(10) a current or former district attorney, criminal |
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district attorney, or county or municipal attorney whose |
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jurisdiction includes any criminal law or child protective services |
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matters; |
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(11) a current or former employee of a district |
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attorney, criminal district attorney, or county or municipal |
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attorney whose jurisdiction includes any criminal law or child |
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protective services matters; |
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(12) an officer or employee of a community supervision |
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and corrections department established under Chapter 76, |
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Government Code, who performs a duty described by Section 76.004(b) |
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of that code; |
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(13) a criminal investigator of the United States as |
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described by Article 2.122(a), Code of Criminal Procedure; |
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(14) a current or honorably retired police officer or |
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inspector of the United States Federal Protective Service; |
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(15) a current or former United States attorney, |
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assistant United States attorney, federal public defender, deputy |
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federal public defender, or assistant federal public defender and |
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the spouse and child of the attorney or public defender; |
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(16) a current or former employee of the office of the |
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attorney general who is or was assigned to a division of that office |
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the duties of which involve law enforcement; |
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(17) a medical examiner or person who perfoStatutes affected:
Introduced: Tax Code 25.025 (Tax Code 25)
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