85R8623 TJB-D
	By: Goldman	H.B. No. 3222

	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
	AN ACT
	relating to the availability under the public information law of
	certain documents filed with a county clerk or a district clerk.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
	SECTION 1.  Section 552.117, Government Code, is amended to
	read as follows:
	Sec. 552.117.  EXCEPTION: CONFIDENTIALITY OF CERTAIN
	ADDRESSES, TELEPHONE NUMBERS, SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBERS, AND
	PERSONAL FAMILY INFORMATION.  [(a)]  Information is excepted from
	the requirements of Section 552.021 if it is information that
	relates to the home address, home telephone number, emergency
	contact information, or social security number of the following
	person or that reveals whether the person has family members:
	(1)  a current or former official or employee of a
	governmental body, except as otherwise provided by Section 552.024;
	(2)  a peace officer as defined by Article 2.12, Code of
	Criminal Procedure, or a security officer commissioned under
	Section 51.212, Education Code, regardless of whether the officer
	complies with Section 552.024 or 552.1175, as applicable;
	(3)  a current or former employee of the Texas
	Department of Criminal Justice or of the predecessor in function of
	the department or any division of the department, regardless of
	whether the current or former employee complies with Section
	552.1175;
	(4)  a peace officer as defined by Article 2.12, Code of
	Criminal Procedure, or other law, a reserve law enforcement
	officer, a commissioned deputy game warden, or a corrections
	officer in a municipal, county, or state penal institution in this
	state who was killed in the line of duty, regardless of whether the
	deceased complied with Section 552.024 or 552.1175;
	(5)  a commissioned security officer as defined by
	Section 1702.002, Occupations Code, regardless of whether the
	officer complies with Section 552.024 or 552.1175, as applicable;
	(6)  an officer or employee of a community supervision
	and corrections department established under Chapter 76 who
	performs a duty described by Section 76.004(b), regardless of
	whether the officer or employee complies with Section 552.024 or
	552.1175;
	(7)  a current or former employee of the office of the
	attorney general who is or was assigned to a division of that office
	the duties of which involve law enforcement, regardless of whether
	the current or former employee complies with Section 552.024 or
	552.1175;
	(8)  a current or former employee of the Texas Juvenile
	Justice Department or of the predecessors in function of the
	department, regardless of whether the current or former employee
	complies with Section 552.024 or 552.1175;
	(9)  a current or former juvenile probation or
	supervision officer certified by the Texas Juvenile Justice
	Department, or the predecessors in function of the department,
	under Title 12, Human Resources Code, regardless of whether the
	current or former officer complies with Section 552.024 or
	552.1175;
	(10)  a current or former employee of a juvenile
	justice program or facility, as those terms are defined by Section
	261.405, Family Code, regardless of whether the current or former
	employee complies with Section 552.024 or 552.1175; [or]
	(11)  a current or former member of the Texas military
	forces, as that term is defined by Section 437.001; or
	(12)  a current legal spouse of a person listed in this
	section, regardless of whether the spouse complies with Section
	552.1175.
	[(b)     All documents filed with a county clerk and all
	documents filed with a district clerk are exempt from this
	section.]
	SECTION 2.  Section 552.1175(a), Government Code, is amended
	to read as follows:
	(a)  This section applies only to:
	(1)  peace officers as defined by Article 2.12, Code of
	Criminal Procedure;
	(2)  county jailers as defined by Section 1701.001,
	Occupations Code;
	(3)  current or former employees of the Texas
	Department of Criminal Justice or of the predecessor in function of
	the department or any division of the department;
	(4)  commissioned security officers as defined by
	Section 1702.002, Occupations Code;
	(5)  employees of a district attorney, criminal
	district attorney, or county or municipal attorney whose
	jurisdiction includes any criminal law or child protective services
	matters;
	(6)  officers and employees of a community supervision
	and corrections department established under Chapter 76 who perform
	a duty described by Section 76.004(b);
	(7)  criminal investigators of the United States as
	described by Article 2.122(a), Code of Criminal Procedure;
	(8)  police officers and inspectors of the United
	States Federal Protective Service;
	(9)  current and former employees of the office of the
	attorney general who are or were assigned to a division of that
	office the duties of which involve law enforcement;
	(10)  current or former juvenile probation and
	detention officers certified by the Texas Juvenile Justice
	Department, or the predecessors in function of the department,
	under Title 12, Human Resources Code;
	(11)  current or former employees of a juvenile justice
	program or facility, as those terms are defined by Section 261.405,
	Family Code;
	(12)  current or former employees of the Texas Juvenile
	Justice Department or the predecessors in function of the
	department; [and]
	(13)  federal judges and state judges as defined by
	Section 13.0021, Election Code; and
	(14)  the current legal spouse of an individual listed
	in this subsection.
	SECTION 3.  Section 552.1175(e), Government Code, is
	repealed.
	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 for public information 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 January 1, 2018.