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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the confidentiality of information related to certified |
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handgun instructors. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 411.192, Government Code, is amended to |
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read as follows: |
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Sec. 411.192. CONFIDENTIALITY OF RECORDS. (a) The |
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department shall disclose to a criminal justice agency information |
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contained in its files and records regarding whether a named |
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individual or any individual named in a specified list is licensed |
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under this subchapter. Information on an individual subject to |
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disclosure under this section includes the individual's name, date |
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of birth, gender, race, [and] zip code, phone number, and e-mail and |
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website address. Except as otherwise provided by this section and |
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by Section 411.193, all other records maintained under this |
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subchapter are confidential and are not subject to mandatory |
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disclosure under the open records law, Chapter 552. |
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(b) An applicant or license holder may be furnished a copy |
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of disclosable records regarding the applicant or license holder on |
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request and the payment of a reasonable fee. |
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(c) The department shall notify a license holder of any |
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request that is made for information relating to the license holder |
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under this section and provide the name of the agency making the |
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request. |
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(d) The [This section does not prohibit the] department |
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shall make and distribute [from making public and distributing] to |
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the public at no cost lists of individuals who are certified as |
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qualified handgun instructors by the department. This list of |
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certified handgun instructors shall include the individual's name, |
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phone number, e-mail, and website and be made available on the |
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department's website on or before June 1, 2010. |
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(e) If an individual whose information is subject to |
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disclosure under Subsection (d) submits a written request to the |
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department that all or part of his or her information not be made |
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available to the public, the department shall remove that |
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individual's information from the list, in all or part, as |
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requested. |
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SECTION 2. EFFECTIVE DATE. This Act takes effect |
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immediately if it receives a vote of two-thirds of all the members |
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elected to each house, as provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas |
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Constitution. If this Act does not receive the vote necessary for |
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immediate effect, this Act takes effect September 1, 2009. |