85R24234 AJA-F     By: King of Uvalde H.B. No. 3356       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to privacy of certain structured settlement information.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Section 141.006, Civil Practice and Remedies   Code, is amended by adding Subsections (d) and (e) to read as   follows:          (d)  If the application under this chapter for approval of a   transfer of structured settlement payment rights includes a written   request by the payee to conceal from public inspection the   personally identifiable information of the payee and the court and   each interested party required to receive notice under Subsection   (b) receive complete, unredacted copies of the application, other   pleadings, and any order in the time provided by Subsection (b), as   applicable:                (1)  in any application, other pleadings, or any order   filed or submitted, the court shall permit the full redaction of the   name of the payee, the address of the payee, and other information   that could reasonably be used to determine the identity or address   of the payee, including the names of dependents, family members,   and beneficiaries; and                (2)  with respect to any order issued approving or   denying the transfer of structured settlement payment rights:                      (A)  a copy of the order, with the information   described by Subdivision (1) redacted, shall be filed as part of the   public record;                      (B)  at the same time as the filing under   Paragraph (A), an unredacted copy of the order shall be issued under   seal and shall be provided to the transferee and each interested   party entitled to notice under Subsection (b); and                      (C)  not earlier than six months after the date   the order is issued, the court on its own initiative may, or on the   motion of any person including a member of the general public shall,   unseal the unredacted order and make the order part of the public   record.          (e)  Except as provided by this subsection, Rule 76a, Texas   Rules of Civil Procedure, applies to all court proceedings and   filings under this chapter. A party is not required to comply with   that rule in order to redact the payee's personally identifiable   information under Subsection (d)(1) or for the purpose of issuing   an unredacted copy of the order under seal under Subsection (d)(2).          SECTION 2.  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, 2017.