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