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AN ACT
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relating to records of certain frivolous complaints maintained by |
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the Texas Board of Professional Land Surveying. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 1071.204(e), Occupations Code, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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(e) For any complaint determined to be frivolous or without |
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merit, the complaint and other enforcement case information related |
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to that complaint are confidential. The information may be used |
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only by the board or by its employees or agents directly involved in |
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the enforcement process for that complaint. The information is not |
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subject to discovery, subpoena, or other disclosure [A frivolous
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complaint is public information, except that the license holder's
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name and other personal information shall be redacted]. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect September 1, 2009. |
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President of the Senate |
Speaker of the House |
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I certify that H.B. No. 1411 was passed by the House on April |
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22, 2009, by the following vote: Yeas 149, Nays 0, 1 present, not |
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voting. |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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I certify that H.B. No. 1411 was passed by the Senate on May |
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14, 2009, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. |
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Secretary of the Senate |
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APPROVED: _____________________ |
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Governor |