1 Tex. Admin. Code § 64.3 - Address Confidentiality Program (ACP)
(a) The ACP assists victims of family
violence, sexual offenses, stalking, and trafficking of persons by authorizing
the use of an OAG-maintained confidential mailing address.
(b) The OAG will:
(1) designate a substitute post office box
address for participants to use in place of the participant's true residential,
business, or school address;
(2)
act as agent to receive service of process and mail on behalf of the
participant; or
(3) forward to the
participant first-class mail.
(c) The OAG will not forward
packages.
(d) A summons, writ,
notice, demand, or process may be served on the OAG on behalf of the
participant by delivery of two copies of the document to the OAG. The OAG will
retain a copy of the summons, writ, notice, demand, or process and forward the
original to the participant via first class or certified mail not later than
the third day after the date of service on the OAG.
(e) The OAG may not make a copy of a
participant's mail received by the OAG, except that the OAG will retain a copy
of the envelope in which certified mail is received on behalf of the
participant.
(f) The attorney
general or an agent or employee of the attorney general is immune from
liability for any act or omission by the agent or employee in administering the
ACP if the agent or employee was acting in good faith and within the course and
scope of assigned responsibilities and duties.
(g) An agent or employee of the attorney
general who does not act in good faith and within the course and scope of
assigned responsibilities and duties in disclosing a participant's true
residential, business, or school address is subject to prosecution under
Chapter 39, Texas Penal Code.
(h)
The OAG is not responsible for updating or modifying the participant's public
records regarding the substitute address. ACP participants remain personally
responsible for compliance with all applicable federal, state, and local laws
and regulations, including those which require a physical address.
(i) The OAG is not responsible for tracking
or otherwise maintaining mail or records of mail received on behalf of a
participant.
(j) The OAG is not
responsible for notifying any person or entity of the expiration or
cancellation of the participant's participation in the ACP.
(k) Upon a final determination of the
expiration or cancellation of the participant's participation in the ACP, the
OAG will return the participant's mail to sender.
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