Tex. Loc. Gov't Code § 159.071 · Subchapter D. PROTECTION FOR JUDICIAL OFFICERS
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Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) In this section:
(1) "County attorney" means a county attorney whose jurisdiction includes any criminal law or child protective services matter.
(2) "Family member" has the meaning assigned by Section 31.006, Finance Code.
(3) "State judge" has the meaning assigned by Section 1.005, Election Code.
(b) On receiving notice from the Office of Court Administration of the Texas Judicial System of a county attorney's or state judge's qualifications for office or on receipt of a written request from a county attorney, state judge, spouse of a county attorney, family member of a state judge, or candidate for the office of county attorney or state judge, the county clerk shall remove or redact the residence address of the county attorney, state judge, spouse of a county attorney, family member of a state judge, or candidate for the office of county attorney or state judge from any report filed under this chapter by the county attorney, state judge, or candidate before the statement is made available to a member of the public.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 518 (S.B. 489), Sec. 4, eff. September 1, 2019.
Amended by:
Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 383 (S.B. 1134), Sec. 12, eff. September 1, 2021.
Source of truth
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- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/LG/htm/LG.159.htm
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- compose_tx.py 2026-10-05: the Legislative Council's chapter files read in document order; verify_tx.py's independent reading (lxml DOM walk) agrees character for character
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