Relating to the availability of certain personal information of a child, spouse, or surviving spouse of a current or former employee of the office of the attorney general or of a public defender's office.

Contracts

• Government Vendor MSAs: If you provide HR, IT, or administrative services to the OAG or County Public Defenders, amend Master Service Agreements to acknowledge expanded data protection liabilities.
• Data Use Agreements: Third-party data aggregators must review agreements with counties. You are now prohibited from displaying this data; ensure your upstream data providers (counties) are flagging these records correctly so your downstream products do not inadvertently publish them.

Hiring/Training

• PIA Officers: Train staff handling Public Information Act requests that they are now authorized to redact this specific data *without* seeking an Attorney General ruling.
• Real Estate/Lending Staff: Train loan officers and title agents on manual verification workflows. They will encounter more "Owner Confidential" results in tax rolls and must know how to request direct tax certificates or affidavits to verify ownership for these employees.

Reporting & Record-Keeping

• Confidentiality Election Forms: Employers (OAG/Counties) must process election forms under Gov't Code 552.024. Vendors managing these HR systems must ensure the database fields exist to capture this election.
• Tax Roll Suppression: Real estate data managers must track the specific suppression code under Tax Code 25.025 to differentiate these individuals from other protected classes (judges/police) for reporting purposes.

Fees & Costs

• IT Remediation: Budget for immediate costs to update redaction software and "scrape" logic.
• No State Fees: There are no new filing fees, but the cost of non-compliance includes potential criminal misdemeanor penalties and civil liability.