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1 1 Section 1. Section 22.7, Code Supplement 2001, is amended
1 2 by adding the following new subsection:
1 3 NEW SUBSECTION. 5A. A person who calls 911 or a crime-
1 4 stoppers hotline, or a law enforcement agency to report a
1 5 crime and requests to remain anonymous shall be entitled to
1 6 have certain records obtained from the call kept confidential
1 7 pursuant to section 22.7. Any name, address, telephone
1 8 number, or other information identifying the person, which was
1 9 obtained as a result of the telephone call, shall not be
1 10 released by the agency that receives the call or maintains the
1 11 record, and shall not be subject to discovery, subpoena, or
1 12 other means of legal compulsion.
1 13 EXPLANATION
1 14 This bill relates to maintaining anonymity after reporting
1 15 a crime to a law enforcement agency, an E911 service, or a
1 16 crime-stopper hotline.
1 17 The bill provides that a person who calls 911 or a crime-
1 18 stoppers hotline, or a law enforcement agency to report a
1 19 crime, shall remain anonymous if the person requests to remain
1 20 anonymous. The bill further provides that any name, address,
1 21 telephone number, or other identifying information, obtained
1 22 as a result of the telephone call, shall not be released by
1 23 the agency and shall not be subject to discovery, subpoena, or
1 24 other means of legal compulsion, including the public records
1 25 law in Code chapter 22.
1 26 LSB 5102HH 79
1 27 jm/sh/8
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