Bill Summary – FastDemocracy

      
            88R13261 MCF-F
         
		By: Zwiener
            H.B. No. 4869
         
               A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
            
               AN ACT
            
            relating to the confidentiality of certain home address information 
         
            in certain documents.
         
                   BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         
                   SECTION 1.  Section 13.004(c), Election Code, is amended to 
         
            read as follows:
         
                   (c)  The following information furnished on a registration 
         
            application is confidential and does not constitute public 
         
            information for purposes of Chapter 552, Government Code:
         
                         (1)  a social security number;
         
                         (2)  a Texas driver's license number;
         
                         (3)  a number of a personal identification card issued 
         
            by the Department of Public Safety;
         
                         (4)  the residence address of the applicant, if the 
         
            applicant is a federal judge, including a federal bankruptcy judge, 
         
            a marshal of the United States Marshals Service, a United States 
         
            attorney, or a state judge, a family member of a federal judge, 
         
            including a federal bankruptcy judge, a marshal of the United 
         
            States Marshals Service, a United States attorney, or a state 
         
            judge, the spouse of a peace officer as defined by Article 2.12, 
         
            Code of Criminal Procedure, or an individual to whom Section 
         
            552.1175, Government Code, or Section 521.1211, Transportation 
         
            Code, applies and the applicant:
         
                               (A)  included an affidavit with the registration 
         
            application describing the applicant's status under this 
         
            subdivision, if the applicant is a federal judge, including a 
         
            federal bankruptcy judge, a marshal of the United States Marshals 
         
            Service, a United States attorney, or a state judge or a family 
         
            member of a federal judge, including a federal bankruptcy judge, a 
         
            marshal of the United States Marshals Service, a United States 
         
            attorney, or a state judge;
         
                               (B)  provided the registrar with an affidavit 
         
            describing the applicant's status under this subdivision, if the 
         
            applicant is a federal judge, including a federal bankruptcy judge, 
         
            a marshal of the United States Marshals Service, a United States 
         
            attorney, or a state judge or a family member of a federal judge, 
         
            including a federal bankruptcy judge, a marshal of the United 
         
            States Marshals Service, a United States attorney, or a state 
         
            judge; or
         
                               (C)  provided the registrar with a completed form 
         
            approved by the secretary of state for the purpose of notifying the 
         
            registrar of the applicant's status under this subdivision;
         
                         (5)  the residence address of the applicant, if the 
         
            applicant, the applicant's child, or another person in the 
         
            applicant's household is a victim of family violence as defined by 
         
            Section 71.004, Family Code, who provided the registrar with:
         
                               (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 applicant, the applicant's child, or 
         
            another person in the applicant's household is a victim of family 
         
            violence;
         
                         (6)  the residence address of the applicant, if the 
         
            applicant, the applicant's child, or another person in the 
         
            applicant's household is a victim of sexual assault or abuse, 
         
            stalking, or trafficking of persons who provided the registrar 
         
            with:
         
                               (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 applicant, the applicant's child, or 
         
            another person in the applicant's household is a victim of sexual 
         
            assault or abuse, stalking, or trafficking of persons;
         
                         (7)  the residence address of the applicant, if the 
         
            applicant:
         
                               (A)  is a participant in the address 
         
            confidentiality program administered by the attorney general under 
         
            Subchapter B, Chapter 58, Code of Criminal Procedure; and
         
                               (B)  provided the registrar with proof of 
         
            certification under Article 58.059, Code of Criminal Procedure; 
         
            [or]
Statutes affected: 
Introduced: Election Code 13.004, Tax Code 25.025 (Tax Code 25, Election Code 13)



	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
	AN ACT
	relating to the confidentiality of certain home address information
	in certain documents.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
	SECTION 1. Section 13.004(c), Election Code, is amended to
	read as follows:
	(c) The following information furnished on a registration
	application is confidential and does not constitute public
	information for purposes of Chapter 552, Government Code:
	(1) a social security number;
	(2) a Texas driver's license number;
	(3) a number of a personal identification card issued
	by the Department of Public Safety;
	(4) the residence address of the applicant, if the
	applicant is a federal judge, including a federal bankruptcy judge,
	a marshal of the United States Marshals Service, a United States
	attorney, or a state judge, a family member of a federal judge,
	including a federal bankruptcy judge, a marshal of the United
	States Marshals Service, a United States attorney, or a state
	judge, the spouse of a peace officer as defined by Article 2.12,
	Code of Criminal Procedure, or an individual to whom Section
	552.1175, Government Code, or Section 521.1211, Transportation
	Code, applies and the applicant:
	(A) included an affidavit with the registration
	application describing the applicant's status under this
	subdivision, if the applicant is a federal judge, including a
	federal bankruptcy judge, a marshal of the United States Marshals
	Service, a United States attorney, or a state judge or a family
	member of a federal judge, including a federal bankruptcy judge, a
	marshal of the United States Marshals Service, a United States
	attorney, or a state judge;
	(B) provided the registrar with an affidavit
	describing the applicant's status under this subdivision, if the
	applicant is a federal judge, including a federal bankruptcy judge,
	a marshal of the United States Marshals Service, a United States
	attorney, or a state judge or a family member of a federal judge,
	including a federal bankruptcy judge, a marshal of the United
	States Marshals Service, a United States attorney, or a state
	judge; or
	(C) provided the registrar with a completed form
	approved by the secretary of state for the purpose of notifying the
	registrar of the applicant's status under this subdivision;
	(5) the residence address of the applicant, if the
	applicant, the applicant's child, or another person in the
	applicant's household is a victim of family violence as defined by
	Section 71.004, Family Code, who provided the registrar with:
	(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 applicant, the applicant's child, or
	another person in the applicant's household is a victim of family
	violence;
	(6) the residence address of the applicant, if the
	applicant, the applicant's child, or another person in the
	applicant's household is a victim of sexual assault or abuse,
	stalking, or trafficking of persons who provided the registrar
	with:
	(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 applicant, the applicant's child, or
	another person in the applicant's household is a victim of sexual
	assault or abuse, stalking, or trafficking of persons;
	(7) the residence address of the applicant, if the
	applicant:
	(A) is a participant in the address
	confidentiality program administered by the attorney general under
	Subchapter B, Chapter 58, Code of Criminal Procedure; and
	(B) provided the registrar with proof of
	certification under Article 58.059, Code of Criminal Procedure;
	[or] Statutes affected: Introduced: Election Code 13.004, Tax Code 25.025 (Tax Code 25, Election Code 13)