H.B. No. 559
 
 
 
 
AN ACT
  relating to the nondisclosure of certain personal information in
  voter registration records, concealed handgun license records, and
  tax appraisal records that relates to a justice of the peace.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 13.0021(a)(2), Election Code, is amended
  to read as follows:
               (2)  "State judge" means:
                     (A)  a judge, former judge, or retired judge of an
  appellate court, a district court, or a county court at law of this
  state; [or]
                     (B)  an associate judge appointed under Chapter
  201, Family Code, or a retired associate judge or former associate
  judge appointed under that chapter; or
                     (C)  a justice of the peace.
         SECTION 2.  Section 411.171(4-b), Government Code, is
  amended to read as follows:
               (4-b)  "State judge" means:
                     (A)  the judge of an appellate court, a district
  court, or a county court at law of this state; [or]
                     (B)  an associate judge appointed under Chapter
  201, Family Code; or
                     (C)  a justice of the peace.
         SECTION 3.  Section 25.025(a), Tax Code, as amended by
  Chapters 594 (H.B. 41), 621 (H.B. 455), and 851 (H.B. 1141), Acts of
  the 80th Legislature, Regular Session, 2007, is reenacted and
  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;
               (2)  a county jailer as defined by Section 1701.001,
  Occupations Code;
               (3)  an employee of the Texas Department of Criminal
  Justice;
               (4)  a commissioned security officer as defined by
  Section 1702.002, Occupations Code;
               (5)  a victim of family violence as defined by Section
  71.004, Family Code, if as a result of the act of family violence
  against the victim, the actor is convicted of a felony or a Class A
  misdemeanor; [and]
               (6)  a federal judge or state judge;
               (7) [(6)]  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; and
               (8) [(6)]  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.
         SECTION 4.  Section 25.025(a-1)(2), Tax Code, is amended to
  read as follows:
               (2)  "State judge" means:
                     (A)  a judge, former judge, or retired judge of an
  appellate court, a district court, or a county court at law of this
  state; [or]
                     (B)  an associate judge appointed under Chapter
  201, Family Code, or a retired associate judge or former associate
  judge appointed under that chapter; or
                     (C)  a justice of the peace.
         SECTION 5.  To the extent of any conflict, this Act prevails
  over another Act of the 81st Legislature, Regular Session, 2009,
  relating to nonsubstantive additions to and corrections in enacted
  codes.
         SECTION 6.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2009.
 
 
  ______________________________ ______________________________
     President of the Senate Speaker of the House     
 
 
         I certify that H.B. No. 559 was passed by the House on April
  9, 2009, by the following vote:  Yeas 148, Nays 0, 1 present, not
  voting.
 
  ______________________________
  Chief Clerk of the House   
 
 
         I certify that H.B. No. 559 was passed by the Senate on May
  19, 2009, by the following vote:  Yeas 30, Nays 0.
 
  ______________________________
  Secretary of the Senate    
  APPROVED:  _____________________
                     Date          
   
            _____________________
                   Governor