Privacy Policy
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Texas law prohibits any person from selling or disclosing an email address that was provided for the purpose of communicating with government unless you affirmatively consent to its sale or disclosure. See the text of Gov. Code Sec. 552.137, which is presented below.
In addition, if you are a citizen of Texas using this site to communicate to a member of the legislature, the content of your communication is also protected by law from public disclosure, with certain exceptions such as your expressly authorizing its disclosure. See the text of Gov. Code Sec. 306.004, presented below.
Be aware, however, that the content of any other e-mail communication, such as an email to the Web Administrator of this site or any another employee of state government, may be subject to public disclosure under the provisions of the Texas public information law(Text of Gov. Code Chapter 552)
Server logs produced as a result of web access are analyzed for statistical purposes only. That information is not used to identify users. Cookies, an Internet method of storing information in computer memory or on the user's hard drive, are used on parts of this site. Information used with cookies associated with searching bills is solely related to the bill search criteria selected by the user.
Confidentiality of Certain E-Mail Addresses. (Government Code § 552.137)
Text of section as added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 356, § 1
(a) An e-mail address of a member of the public that is provided for the purpose of communicating electronically with a governmental body is confidential and not subject to disclosure under this chapter.
(b) Confidential information described by this section that relates to a member of the public may be disclosed if the member of the public affirmatively consents to its release.
Public Disclosure Prohibited. (Government Code § 306.004)
(a) To ensure the right of the citizens of this state to petition state government, as guaranteed by Article I, Section 27, of the Texas Constitution, by protecting the confidentiality of communications of citizens with a member of the legislature or the lieutenant governor, the public disclosure of all or part of a written or otherwise recorded communication from a citizen of this state received by a member or the lieutenant governor in his official capacity is prohibited unless:
- 1. the citizen expressly or by clear implication authorizes the disclosure;
- 2. the communication is of a type that is expressly authorized by statute to be disclosed; or
- 3. the official determines that the disclosure does not constitute an unwarranted invasion of personal privacy of the communicator or another person.
- (b) This section does not apply to a communication to a member of the legislature or the lieutenant governor from a public official or public employee acting in an official capacity.
- (c) A member or the lieutenant governor may elect to disclose all or part of a communication to which this section applies, and that disclosure does not violate the law of this state.
Link Policy
Other web sites are welcome to link to the Texas House of Representatives. However, we encourage the linking site to comply with the provisions of the State Web Site Link and Privacy Policy, especially regarding protection of the privacy rights of individuals, and to make reasonable efforts to provide accessible sites. Other web sites may not enclose a page of our site within a frame of another site. Also, another web site may not incorporate only part of one of our pages (e.g., one of our graphic images) within their site's page. All laws regarding copyrights, trademarks, service marks and any other form of intellectual property must be adhered to.
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