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AN ACT
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relating to the confidentiality of certain information regarding |
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procedures and substances used in the execution of a convict. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter C, Chapter 552, Government Code, is |
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amended by adding Section 552.1081 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 552.1081. EXCEPTION: CONFIDENTIALITY OF CERTAIN |
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INFORMATION REGARDING EXECUTION OF CONVICT. Information is |
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excepted from the requirements of Section 552.021 if it contains |
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identifying information under Article 43.14, Code of Criminal |
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Procedure, including that of: |
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(1) any person who participates in an execution |
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procedure, including a person who uses, supplies, or administers a |
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substance during the execution; and |
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(2) any person or entity that manufactures, |
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transports, tests, procures, compounds, prescribes, dispenses, or |
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provides a substance or supplies used in an execution. |
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SECTION 2. Article 43.14, Code of Criminal Procedure, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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Art. 43.14. EXECUTION OF CONVICT: CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION |
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[CONVICT]. (a) Whenever the sentence of death is pronounced |
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against a convict, the sentence shall be executed at any time after |
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the hour of 6 p.m. on the day set for the execution, by intravenous |
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injection of a substance or substances in a lethal quantity |
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sufficient to cause death and until such convict is dead, such |
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execution procedure to be determined and supervised by the director |
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of the correctional institutions division of the Texas Department |
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of Criminal Justice. |
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(b) The name, address, and other identifying information of |
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the following is confidential and excepted from disclosure under |
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Section 552.021, Government Code: |
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(1) any person who participates in an execution |
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procedure described by Subsection (a), including a person who uses, |
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supplies, or administers a substance during the execution; and |
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(2) any person or entity that manufactures, |
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transports, tests, procures, compounds, prescribes, dispenses, or |
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provides a substance or supplies used in an execution. |
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SECTION 3. The changes in law made by this Act apply only to |
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a request for information that is received by a governmental body or |
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an officer for public information on or after the effective date of |
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this Act. A request for information that was received before the |
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effective date of this Act is governed by the law in effect on the |
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date the request was received, and the former law is continued in |
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effect for that purpose. |
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SECTION 4. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect September 1, 2015. |
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______________________________ |
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President of the Senate |
Speaker of the House |
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I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1697 passed the Senate on |
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May 11, 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 23, Nays 8. |
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Secretary of the Senate |
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I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1697 passed the House on |
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May 19, 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 99, Nays 45, two |
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present not voting. |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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Approved: |
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Governor |