Bill Text: TX HB3175 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to the confidentiality of certain personal information of an applicant for disaster recovery funds.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Passed) 2019-06-10 - Effective on 9/1/19 [HB3175 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-HB3175-Enrolled.html
H.B. No. 3175 |
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relating to the confidentiality of certain personal information of | ||
an applicant for disaster recovery funds. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Subchapter C, Chapter 552, Government Code, is | ||
amended by adding Section 552.160 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 552.160. CONFIDENTIALITY OF PERSONAL INFORMATION OF | ||
APPLICANT FOR DISASTER RECOVERY FUNDS. (a) In this section, | ||
"disaster" has the meaning assigned by Section 418.004. | ||
(b) Except as provided by Subsection (c), the following | ||
information maintained by a governmental body is confidential: | ||
(1) the name, social security number, house number, | ||
street name, and telephone number of an individual or household | ||
that applies for state or federal disaster recovery funds; | ||
(2) the name, tax identification number, address, and | ||
telephone number of a business entity or an owner of a business | ||
entity that applies for state or federal disaster recovery funds; | ||
and | ||
(3) any other information the disclosure of which | ||
would identify or tend to identify a person or household that | ||
applies for state or federal disaster recovery funds. | ||
(c) The street name and census block group of and the amount | ||
of disaster recovery funds awarded to a person or household are not | ||
confidential after the date on which disaster recovery funds are | ||
awarded to the person or household. | ||
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. | ||
______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
I certify that H.B. No. 3175 was passed by the House on April | ||
25, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 129, Nays 1, 1 present, not | ||
voting. | ||
______________________________ | ||
Chief Clerk of the House | ||
I certify that H.B. No. 3175 was passed by the Senate on May | ||
21, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. | ||
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Secretary of the Senate | ||
APPROVED: _____________________ | ||
Date | ||
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Governor |