By: Fletcher (Senate Sponsor - Huffman)	H.B. No. 1046
	(In the Senate - Received from the House May 16, 2011;
	May 16, 2011, read first time and referred to Committee on State
	Affairs; May 20, 2011, reported favorably by the following vote:
	Yeas 7, Nays 0; May 20, 2011, sent to printer.)

	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
	AN ACT
	relating to the confidentiality of certain personal information
	concerning current and former employees of certain divisions of the
	office of attorney general.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
	SECTION 1.  Section 552.117(a), Government Code, is amended
	to read as follows:
	(a)  Information is excepted from the requirements
	of  Section 552.021 if it is information that relates to the home
	address, home telephone number, 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;
	[or]
	(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; or
	(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.
	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; [and]
	(8)  police officers and inspectors of the United
	States Federal Protective Service; and
	(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.
	SECTION 3.  Section 25.025(a), Tax Code, is amended to read
	as follows:
	(a)  This section applies only to:
	(1)  a current or former peace officer as defined by
	Article 2.12, Code of Criminal Procedure;
	(2)  a county jailer as defined by Section 1701.001,
	Occupations Code;
	(3)  an employee of the Texas Department of Criminal
	Justice;
	(4)  a commissioned security officer as defined by
	Section 1702.002, Occupations Code;
	(5)  a victim of family violence as defined by Section
	71.004, Family Code, if as a result of the act of family violence
	against the victim, the actor is convicted of a felony or a Class A
	misdemeanor;
	(6)  a federal judge, a state judge, or the spouse of a
	federal judge or state judge;
	(7)  a current or former employee of a district
	attorney, criminal district attorney, or county or municipal
	attorney whose jurisdiction includes any criminal law or child
	protective services matters;
	(8)  an officer or employee of a community supervision
	and corrections department established under Chapter 76,
	Government Code, who performs a duty described by Section 76.004(b)
	of that code;
	(9)  a criminal investigator of the United States as
	described by Article 2.122(a), Code of Criminal Procedure; [and]
	(10)  a police officer or inspector of the United
	States Federal Protective Service; and
	(11)  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.
	SECTION 4.  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, 2011.
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