By: McClendon	H.B. No. 4114

	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
	AN ACT
	relating to the publication, republication, or other dissemination
	of mug shots and other information regarding the involvement of an
	individual in the criminal justice system; increasing a civil
	penalty.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
	SECTION 1.  The heading to Chapter 109, Business & Commerce
	Code, as added by Chapter 1200 (S.B. 1289), Acts of the 83rd
	Legislature, Regular Session, 2013, is amended to read as follows:
	CHAPTER 109. BUSINESS ENTITIES ENGAGED IN PUBLICATION,
	REPUBLICATION, OR OTHER DISSEMINATION OF CRIMINAL RECORD
	INFORMATION
	SECTION 2.  Section 109.002, Business & Commerce Code, as
	added by Chapter 1200 (S.B. 1289), Acts of the 83rd Legislature,
	Regular Session, 2013, is amended to read as follows:
	Sec. 109.002.  APPLICABILITY OF CHAPTER. This chapter
	applies to a business entity that:
	(1)  publishes, republishes, or otherwise
	disseminates, through any print, electronic, or other medium,
	criminal record information, including arrest photographs or
	information[:
	[(A)]  originally obtained pursuant to a request
	for public information about a specific identifiable individual
	under Chapter 552, Government Code; or originally obtained pursuant
	to a bulk request for public information about random or
	non-specifically identified individuals under Chapter 552,
	Government Code; and [or]
	(2)  receives advertising revenue for, or
	consideration for access to, a website or other publication
	containing criminal record information, or solicits or requires the
	payment of a fee or other consideration to:
	(A)  remove, correct, or modify criminal record
	information; or
	(B)  access criminal record information or
	portions of the information.
	(b)  This chapter does not apply to requests for information
	specifically about identifiable particular individuals by a
	publication of general circulation or an Internet website related
	to such a publication that contains news or other information,
	including a magazine, periodical newsletter, newspaper, pamphlet,
	or report
	[(B)     purchased or otherwise obtained by the
	entity or an affiliated business entity from the Department of
	Public Safety under Subchapter F, Chapter 411, Government Code; and
	[(2) requires the payment:
	[(A)     of a fee in an amount of $150 or more or
	other consideration of comparable value to remove criminal record
	information; or
	[(B)     of a fee or other consideration to correct
	or modify criminal record information].
	SECTION 3.  Section 109.003, Business & Commerce Code, as
	added by Chapter 1200 (S.B. 1289), Acts of the 83rd Legislature,
	Regular Session, 2013, is amended to read as follows:
	Sec. 109.003.  DUTY TO DISSEMINATE [PUBLISH] COMPLETE AND
	ACCURATE CRIMINAL RECORD INFORMATION. (a) A business entity must
	ensure that criminal record information the entity publishes,
	republishes, or otherwise disseminates is complete and accurate.
	(b)  For purposes of this chapter, criminal record
	information published, republished, or otherwise disseminated by a
	business entity is considered:
	(1)  complete if the information correctly reflects the
	notations of arrest and the filing and disposition of criminal
	charges, as applicable; and
	(2)  accurate if the information:
	(A)  reflects the most recent updated information
	received by the entity [from the Department of Public Safety] in
	accordance with Section 411.0851(b)(1)(B), Government Code; or
	(B)  was obtained by the entity from a law
	enforcement agency or criminal justice agency, including the
	Department of Public Safety, or any other governmental agency or
	entity within the 60-day period preceding the date of publication,
	republication, or other dissemination.
	(c)  A business entity shall state in a clear and conspicuous
	manner on the front page of the publication, Internet website, or
	other medium:
	(1)  that the information provided is true and correct;
	(2)  that any photographs have not been modified; and
	(3)  a disclaimer on each record for which a final
	conviction has not been entered that the:
	(A)  "case is pending";
	(B)  individual is "not convicted"; or
	(C)  individual is "innocent until proven
	guilty".
	(d)  A business entity shall notify by mail or telephone each
	individual whose criminal record information is being published,
	republished, or otherwise disseminated of that fact. If the
	business entity is unable to contact the individual who is the
	subject of the information, the entity shall notify the agency or
	entity from which the business entity obtained the information.
	SECTION 4.  Chapter 109, Business & Commerce Code, as added
	by Chapter 1200 (S.B. 1289), Acts of the 83rd Legislature, Regular
	Session, 2013, is amended by adding Sections 109.0031 and 109.0032
	to read as follows:
	Sec. 109.0031.  COPYRIGHT; CONTRACTS. (a) A criminal justice
	agency owns a copyright of all photographs created by the agency.
	(b)  A criminal justice agency is under no duty and is not
	required to enter into a contract or other agreement with any
	individual or business entity to provide information or photographs
	in bulk quantity to a requestor on a periodic or regularly recurring
	basis.
	Sec. 109.0032.  PUBLICATION PERIOD OF PHOTOGRAPHS. (a) A
	business entity may publish, republish, or otherwise disseminate a
	copyrighted photograph created by a criminal justice agency for 30
	calendar days after the date the photograph was created.
	(b)  A business entity shall cease publishing, republishing,
	or otherwise disseminating a copyrighted photograph if during the
	30-day period the business entity receives notice that:
	(1)  an order of expunction has been issued under
	Article 55.02, Code of Criminal Procedure, for the offense in
	connection with which the photograph was taken;
	(2)  an order of nondisclosure has been issued under
	Section 411.081(d), Government Code, for the offense in connection
	with which the photograph was taken;
	(3)  the prosecution for the offense in connection with
	which the photograph was taken has been dismissed;
	(4)  the individual has been acquitted of the offense
	in connection with which the photograph was taken; or
	(5)  the individual has successfully completed a term
	of deferred adjudication community supervision for the offense in
	connection with which the photograph was taken.
	(c)  After the expiration of the 30-day period, on request of
	the person who is the subject of the photograph or the copyright
	holder, a business entity shall cease publishing, republishing, or
	otherwise disseminating the copyrighted photograph.
	(d)  A business entity may not charge a fee for ceasing
	publication, republication, or dissemination of a copyrighted
	photograph under Subsection (b) or (c).
	SECTION 5.  Section 109.004, Business & Commerce Code, as
	added by Chapter 1200 (S.B. 1289), Acts of the 83rd Legislature,
	Regular Session, 2013, is amended to read as follows:
	Sec. 109.004.  DISPUTING COMPLETENESS OR ACCURACY OF
	INFORMATION OR UNAUTHORIZED PUBLICATION OF PHOTOGRAPH. (a) A
	business entity shall clearly and conspicuously publish an e-mail
	address, fax number, telephone number, and a physical address or
	mailing address to enable a person who is the subject of criminal
	record information, or is the copyright holder of a photograph,
	published, republished, or otherwise disseminated by the entity to
	dispute the completeness or accuracy of the information or the
	continued publication of a photograph required to be removed under
	Section 109.0032.
	(b)  If a business entity receives a dispute under Subsection
	(a) [regarding the completeness or accuracy of criminal record
	information from a person who is the subject of the information],
	the business entity shall promptly:
	(1)  verify with the appropriate law enforcement agency
	or criminal justice agency, including the Department of Public
	Safety, or any other governmental agency or entity, free of charge
	the disputed information, including any photograph; and
	(2)  complete the investigation described by
	Subdivision (1) not later than the 10th
	[45th] business day after
	the date the entity receives notice of the dispute.
	(c)  If, after conducting an investigation prescribed by
	Subsection (b), a business entity finds incomplete or inaccurate
	criminal record information or that a photograph was published
	after removal was required under Section 109.0032 [after conducting
	an investigation prescribed by this section], the entity shall
	promptly remove the inaccurate information or photograph from the
	website or other publication, or other medium used for
	dissemination, or shall promptly correct the information, as
	applicable. The entity may not:
	(1)  charge a fee to remove, correct, or modify
	disputed [incomplete or inaccurate] information or remove a
	copyrighted photograph; or
	(2)  continue to publish, republish, or otherwise
	disseminate incomplete or inaccurate information or a copyrighted
	photograph.
	(d)  A business entity shall provide written notice to the
	person who disputed the [completeness or accuracy of] information
	or the publication of a photograph of the results of an
	investigation conducted under this section not later than the fifth
	business day after the date on which the investigation is
	completed. The notice must include:
	(1)  a statement that the investigation is complete;
	(2)  a statement of the determination made by the
	entity on the completeness or accuracy of the disputed information
	or on the continued publication of the photograph;
	(3)  a copy of the criminal record information or
	photograph to be published, republished, or otherwise disseminated
	after the investigation and a description of the results of the
	investigation; and
	(4)  a statement that the entity shall provide, on
	request, a description of the procedure used to determine the
	completeness and accuracy of the information or the right of the
	entity to continue to publish the photograph, including the name,
	the business address, and, if available, the telephone number of
	each law enforcement agency, other governmental entity, or other
	person contacted in connection with the investigation or
	verification.
	SECTION 6.  The heading to Section 109.005, Business &
	Commerce Code, as added by Chapter 1200 (S.B. 1289), Acts of the
	83rd Legislature, Regular Session, 2013, is amended to read as
	follows:
	Sec. 109.005.  PUBLICATION, REPUBLICATION, OR OTHER
	DISSEMINATION OF CERTAIN CRIMINAL RECORD INFORMATION PROHIBITED;
	CIVIL LIABILITY.
	SECTION 7.  Sections 109.005(a) and (b), Business & Commerce
	Code, as added by Chapter 1200 (S.B. 1289), Acts of the 83rd
	Legislature, Regular Session, 2013, are amended to read as follows:
	(a)  A business entity may not publish, republish, or
	otherwise disseminate any criminal record information in the
	business entity's possession with respect to which the business
	entity has knowledge or has received notice that:
	(1)  an order of expunction has been issued with
	respect to that information under Article 55.02, Code of Criminal
	Procedure; [or]
	(2)  an order of nondisclosure has been issued with
	respect to that information under Section 411.081(d), Government
	Code;
	(3)  the prosecution for the offense that is the
	subject of the information has been dismissed;
	(4)  the individual has been acquitted of the offense
	that is the subject of the information; or
	(5)  the individual has successfully completed a term
	of deferred adjudication community supervision for the offense that
	is the subject of the information.
	(b)  A business entity that disseminates [publishes]
	information in violation of Subsection (a) or a photograph in
	violation of Section 109.0032(b) is liable to the individual who is
	the subject or copyright owner, as applicable, of the information
	or photograph in an amount of $100 [not to exceed $500] for each
	separate violation and, in the case of a continuing violation, an
	amount of $100 [not to exceed $500] for each subsequent day on which
	the violation occurs.
	SECTION 8.  Sections 109.006(a) and (c), Business & Commerce
	Code, as added by Chapter 1200 (S.B. 1289), Acts of the 83rd
	Legislature, Regular Session, 2013, are amended to read as follows:
	(a)  A business entity that publishes, republishes, or
	otherwise disseminates criminal record information, including a
	photograph, in violation of this chapter is liable to the state for
	a civil penalty in an amount not to exceed $1,000 [$500] for each
	separate violation and, in the case of a continuing violation, an
	amount not to exceed $1,000 [$500] for each subsequent day on which
	the violation occurs. For purposes of this subsection, each
	criminal record published, republished, or otherwise disseminated
	in violation of this chapter constitutes a separate violation.
	(c)  A civil penalty collected under this section shall be
	deposited in the [state treasury to the credit of the] general
	revenue fund to be used only to support the Texas Correctional
	Office on Offenders with Medical or Mental Impairments under
	Chapter 614, Health and Safety Code.
	SECTION 9.  Subtitle B, Title 4, Government Code, is amended
	by adding Chapter 412 to read as follows:
	CHAPTER 412. PHOTOGRAPHS RELATED TO CRIMINAL RECORD INFORMATION
	Sec. 412.001.  DEFINITION. In this chapter, "law enforcement
	agency" means an agency of the state, or of a county, municipality,
	or other political subdivision of the state, that is engaged in the
	administration or enforcement of criminal justice and that
	allocates a substantial portion of its annual budget to the
	administration or enforcement of criminal justice.
	Sec. 412.002.  INTERNET PUBLICATION OF CERTAIN PHOTOGRAPHS
	ON LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY WEBSITES PROHIBITED. A law enforcement
	agency may not publish on the agency's Internet website any
	photograph taken pursuant to an arrest, lawful detention, or other
	involvement in the criminal justice system, unless the person
	depicted in the photograph has received a final conviction or grant
	of deferred adjudication received a final conviction or grant of
	deferred adjudication for the offense in connection with which the
	photograph was taken.
	SECTION 10.  Chapter 109, Business & Commerce Code, as
	amended by this Act, applies to any publication, republication, or
	other dissemination of criminal record information, including a
	photograph, that occurs on or after the effective date of this Act,
	regardless of whether:
	(1)  the information relates to events or activities
	that occurred before, on, or after that date; or
	(2)  the information was initially published,
	republished, or otherwise disseminated before that date.
	SECTION 11.  EFFECTIVE DATE. 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, 2015.