Bill Text: TX HB3913 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to an exception from required disclosure under the public information law for certain personal information obtained by certain flood control districts.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Passed) 2019-05-29 - Effective on 9/1/19 [HB3913 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-HB3913-Enrolled.html
H.B. No. 3913 |
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relating to an exception from required disclosure under the public | ||
information law for certain personal information obtained by | ||
certain flood control districts. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Subchapter C, Chapter 552, Government Code, is | ||
amended by adding Section 552.159 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 552.159. EXCEPTION: CERTAIN PERSONAL INFORMATION | ||
OBTAINED BY FLOOD CONTROL DISTRICT. The following information | ||
obtained by a flood control district located in a county with a | ||
population of 3.3 million or more in connection with operations | ||
related to a declared disaster or flooding is excepted from the | ||
requirements of Section 552.021: | ||
(1) a person's name; | ||
(2) a home address; | ||
(3) a business address; | ||
(4) a home telephone number; | ||
(5) a mobile telephone number; | ||
(6) an electronic mail address; | ||
(7) social media account information; and | ||
(8) a social security number. | ||
SECTION 2. Section 552.159, Government Code, as added by | ||
this Act, applies only to a request for public information received | ||
on or after the effective date of this Act. A request received | ||
before that date is governed by the law in effect when the request | ||
was received, and the former law is continued in effect for that | ||
purpose. | ||
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. | ||
______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
I certify that H.B. No. 3913 was passed by the House on April | ||
24, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 147, Nays 0, 2 present, not | ||
voting. | ||
______________________________ | ||
Chief Clerk of the House | ||
I certify that H.B. No. 3913 was passed by the Senate on May | ||
16, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. | ||
______________________________ | ||
Secretary of the Senate | ||
APPROVED: _____________________ | ||
Date | ||
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Governor |