Amend HB 525 to include the following SECTION and appropriately renumbering the following SECTIONS:
Section ____. Chapter 72, Government Code, is amended by adding Subchapter G to read as follows:
Subchapter G. PROTECTIVE ORDER DATABASE.
Sec. 72.201. (1) If funds are provided by grants offered by the Criminal Justice Division in the Office of the Governor, the Office of Court Administration, in cooperation with the Department of Public Safety and the courts of this state, shall work to establish a protective order database that contains information for a protective order filed under Chapter 82, Family Code, or Article 17.292, Code of Criminal Procedure and a protective order issued under Chapter 83 or 85, Family Code, or Article 17.292, Code of Criminal Procedure.
Sec. 72.202. The database shall include both a portal for government entities and a portal for the public.
(a) A publicly accessible database must consist of:
(1) the court that issued the protective order;
(2) the case number;
(3) the full name, county of residence, birth year, and race or ethnicity of the person who is the subject of the protective order;
(4) the dates the protective order was issued and served;
(5) the date the protective order was vacated, if applicable; and
(6) the date the protective order expires.
(b) Information for governmental entities shall include all information in the application and may only be viewed by officers of the court and their staff, a district attorney, criminal district attorney, county attorney, the Title IV-D agency, an entity that receives federal domestic violence funds, or a licensed peace officer, all during the course of normal business.
Section ____. Not later than September 1, 2018, the Office of Court Administration shall work to establish the database required by Chapter 72, Government Code, as added by this Act.