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            88S30155 MCK-F
         
		By: Hinojosa
            S.B. No. 45
         
               A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
            
               AN ACT
            
            relating to the confidentiality of certain information for a 
         
            current or former administrative law judge for the State Office of 
         
            Administrative Hearings.
         
                   BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         
                   SECTION 1.  Section 552.117, Government Code, is amended by 
         
            adding Subsection (a-1) to read as follows:
         
                   (a-1)  In addition to the exceptions provided by Subsection 
         
            (a), information is excepted from the requirements of Section 
         
            552.021 if it is information that:
         
                         (1)  relates to the home address, home telephone 
         
            number, emergency contact information, or social security number of 
         
            a current or former administrative law judge for the State Office of 
         
            Administrative Hearings, regardless of whether the person complies 
         
            with Section 552.024 or 552.1175; or
         
                         (2)  reveals whether a person described by Subdivision 
         
            (1) has family members.
         
                   SECTION 2.  Section 552.1175, Government Code, is amended by 
         
            adding Subsection (a-1) to read as follows:
         
                   (a-1)  In addition to the individuals described by 
         
            Subsection (a), this section applies to a current or former 
         
            administrative law judge for the State Office of Administrative 
         
            Hearings.
         
                   SECTION 3.  Section 25.025, Tax Code, is amended by adding 
         
            Subsection (a-2) to read as follows:
         
                   (a-2)  In addition to the individuals described by 
         
            Subsection (a), this section applies to a current or former 
         
            administrative law judge for the State Office of Administrative 
         
            Hearings.
         
                   SECTION 4.  The changes in law made by this Act apply only to 
         
            a request for information that is received by a governmental body or 
         
            an officer on or after the effective date of this Act.  A request for 
         
            information that was received before the effective date of this Act 
         
            is governed by the law in effect on the date the request was 
         
            received, and the former law is continued in effect for that 
         
            purpose.
         
                   SECTION 5.  This Act takes effect on the 91st day after the 
         
            last day of the legislative session.
         
Statutes affected: 
Introduced: Government Code 552.117, Government Code 552.1175, Tax Code 25.025 (Tax Code 25, Government Code 552)



	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
	AN ACT
	relating to the confidentiality of certain information for a
	current or former administrative law judge for the State Office of
	Administrative Hearings.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
	SECTION 1. Section 552.117, Government Code, is amended by
	adding Subsection (a-1) to read as follows:
	(a-1) In addition to the exceptions provided by Subsection
	(a), information is excepted from the requirements of Section
	552.021 if it is information that:
	(1) relates to the home address, home telephone
	number, emergency contact information, or social security number of
	a current or former administrative law judge for the State Office of
	Administrative Hearings, regardless of whether the person complies
	with Section 552.024 or 552.1175; or
	(2) reveals whether a person described by Subdivision
	(1) has family members.
	SECTION 2. Section 552.1175, Government Code, is amended by
	adding Subsection (a-1) to read as follows:
	(a-1) In addition to the individuals described by
	Subsection (a), this section applies to a current or former
	administrative law judge for the State Office of Administrative
	Hearings.
	SECTION 3. Section 25.025, Tax Code, is amended by adding
	Subsection (a-2) to read as follows:
	(a-2) In addition to the individuals described by
	Subsection (a), this section applies to a current or former
	administrative law judge for the State Office of Administrative
	Hearings.
	SECTION 4. The changes in law made by this Act apply only to
	a request for information that is received by a governmental body or
	an officer on or after the effective date of this Act. A request for
	information that was received before the effective date of this Act
	is governed by the law in effect on the date the request was
	received, and the former law is continued in effect for that
	purpose.
	SECTION 5. This Act takes effect on the 91st day after the
	last day of the legislative session.