Text: HF02170 Text: HF02172 Text: HF02100 - HF02199 Text: HF Index Bills and Amendments: General Index Bill History: General Index
PAG LIN 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
Text: HF02170 Text: HF02172 Text: HF02100 - HF02199 Text: HF Index Bills and Amendments: General Index Bill History: General Index
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