S.B. No. 489
 
 
 
 
AN ACT
  relating to personal information that may be omitted from certain
  records, licenses, and reports and to other court security
  measures.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Subchapter B, Chapter 254, Election Code, is
  amended by adding Section 254.0313 to read as follows:
         Sec. 254.0313.  OMISSION OF ADDRESS FOR JUDGE AND SPOUSE.  
  (a)  In this section, "federal judge" and "state judge" have the
  meanings assigned by Section 13.0021.
         (b)  On receiving notice from the Office of Court
  Administration of the Texas Judicial System of a judge's
  qualification for office or on receipt of a written request from a
  federal judge, state judge, or spouse of a federal or state judge,
  the commission shall remove or redact the residence address of a
  federal judge, a state judge, or the spouse of a federal or state
  judge from any report filed by the judge in the judge's capacity or
  made available on the Internet under this chapter.
         SECTION 2.  Section 72.015, Government Code, is amended by
  adding Subsection (d) to read as follows:
         (d)  The director of security and emergency preparedness
  shall annually submit to the legislature:
               (1)  a report on court security activities throughout
  the state supported by the judicial security division, including:
                     (A)  the technical aspects of providing court
  security;
                     (B)  court security training provided or required
  by the judicial security division;
                     (C)  sufficiency of judicial security division
  resources to evaluate and monitor court security; and
                     (D)  the adequacy of funding to maintain court
  security; and
               (2)  recommendations for:
                     (A)  monitoring the use of state resources in
  providing court security;
                     (B)  improving court security; and
                     (C)  increasing the amount of state funds and
  other resources made available for court security.
         SECTION 3.  Section 145.007, Local Government Code, is
  amended by adding Subsection (d) to read as follows:
         (d)  On the written request of a municipal court judge of the
  municipality or a candidate for municipal court judge, the clerk or
  secretary of the municipality shall remove or redact the residence
  address of the municipal court judge, municipal court judge's
  spouse, or candidate for the office of municipal court judge, from a
  financial statement filed under this chapter before the financial
  statement is made available to a member of the public.
         SECTION 4.  Chapter 159, Local Government Code, is amended
  by adding Subchapter D to read as follows:
  SUBCHAPTER D. PROTECTION FOR JUDICIAL OFFICERS
         Sec. 159.071.  OMISSION OF ADDRESS. (a)  In this section:
               (1)  "County attorney" means a county attorney whose
  jurisdiction includes any criminal law or child protective services
  matter.
               (2)  "State judge" has the meaning assigned by Section
  13.0021, Election Code.
         (b)  On receiving notice from the Office of Court
  Administration of the Texas Judicial System of a county attorney's
  or state judge's qualifications for office or on receipt of a
  written request from a county attorney, state judge, spouse of a
  county attorney or state judge, or candidate for the office of
  county attorney or state judge, the county clerk shall remove or
  redact the residence address of the county attorney, state judge,
  spouse of a county attorney or state judge, or candidate for the
  office of county attorney or state judge from any report filed under
  this chapter by the county attorney, state judge, or candidate
  before the statement is made available to a member of the public.
         SECTION 5.  Section 11.008(a), Property Code, is amended to
  read as follows:
         (a)  In this section, "instrument" means a deed, [or] deed of
  trust, or any other record recorded by a county clerk related to
  real property, including a mineral lease, a mechanic's lien, and
  the release of a mechanic's lien.
         SECTION 6.  Section 25.025(b), Tax Code, is amended to read
  as follows:
         (b)  Information in appraisal records under Section 25.02 is
  confidential and is available only for the official use of the
  appraisal district, this state, the comptroller, and taxing units
  and political subdivisions of this state if:
               (1)  the information identifies the home address of a
  named individual to whom this section applies; and
               (2)  the individual:
                     (A)  chooses to restrict public access to the
  information on the form prescribed for that purpose by the
  comptroller under Section 5.07; or
                     (B)  is a federal or state judge [as defined by
  Section 572.002, Government Code], or the spouse of a federal or
  state judge, beginning on the date the Office of Court
  Administration of the Texas Judicial System notifies the appraisal
  district of the judge's qualification for the judge's office.
         SECTION 7.  Section 521.121(c), Transportation Code, is
  amended to read as follows:
         (c)  The department shall establish a procedure, on a license
  holder's qualification for office as a federal or state judge as
  defined by Section 13.0021, Election Code [572.002, Government
  Code], to omit the residence address of the judge and the spouse of
  the judge on the license holder's license and to include, in lieu of
  that address, the street address of the courthouse in which the
  license holder or license holder's spouse serves as a federal judge
  or state judge.
         SECTION 8.  Section 254.0313, Election Code, as added by
  this Act, applies only to a report filed by a federal judge or state
  judge on or after the effective date of this Act.
         SECTION 9.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.
 
 
 
 
 
  ______________________________ ______________________________
     President of the Senate Speaker of the House     
 
         I hereby certify that S.B. No. 489 passed the Senate on
  March 18, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 30, Nays 0; and that
  the Senate concurred in House amendments on May 24, 2019, by the
  following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0.
 
 
  ______________________________
  Secretary of the Senate    
 
         I hereby certify that S.B. No. 489 passed the House, with
  amendments, on May 22, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 143,
  Nays 0, two present not voting.
 
 
  ______________________________
  Chief Clerk of the House   
 
 
 
  Approved:
 
  ______________________________ 
              Date
 
 
  ______________________________ 
            Governor