H.B. No. 1474




AN ACT

relating to certain information contained in records about members, 
retirees, annuitants, or beneficiaries of the Texas County and 
District Retirement System.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Section 845.115(a), Government Code, is amended 
to read as follows:
	 (a)  Information contained in records in the custody of the 
retirement system or maintained in the custody of another 
governmental entity or an administrator or carrier acting in 
cooperation with or on behalf of the retirement system concerning 
an individual member, retiree, annuitant, or beneficiary is 
confidential and is not subject to public disclosure under Chapter 
552. The information [under Section 552.101, and] may not be 
disclosed in a form identifiable with a specific individual unless:
		(1)  the information is disclosed to:                                         
			(A)  the individual or the individual's attorney, 
guardian, executor, administrator, conservator, or other person 
who the director determines is acting in the interest of the 
individual or the individual's estate;
			(B)  a spouse or former spouse of the individual 
and the director determines that the information is relevant to the 
spouse's or former spouse's interest in member accounts, benefits, 
or other amounts payable by the retirement system;
			(C)  a governmental official or employee and the 
director determines that disclosure of the information requested is 
reasonably necessary to the performance of the duties of the 
official or employee; or
			(D)  a person authorized by the individual in 
writing to receive the information; or
		(2)  the information is disclosed pursuant to a 
subpoena and the director determines that the individual will have 
a reasonable opportunity to contest the subpoena.
	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, 2005.




______________________________              ______________________________
 
   President of the Senate                               Speaker of the House      

	I certify that H.B. No. 1474 was passed by the House on May 
13, 2005, by the following vote:  Yeas 142, Nays 0, 2 present, not 
voting.

                                                  ______________________________
                                                     Chief Clerk of the House   

	I certify that H.B. No. 1474 was passed by the Senate on May 
23, 2005, by the following vote:  Yeas 31, Nays 0.

                                                  ______________________________
                                                     Secretary of the Senate    



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                 Governor