Bill Text: TX HB613 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Engrossed
Bill Title: Relating to the imposition of charges by a governmental body for providing copies of public information under the public information law.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 6-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2023-05-05 - Referred to Business & Commerce [HB613 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HB613-Engrossed.html
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| By: Vasut, et al. | H.B. No. 613 | |
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| relating to the imposition of charges by a governmental body for | ||
| providing copies of public information under the public information | ||
| law. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Section 552.261, Government Code, is amended by | ||
| adding Subsection (f) to read as follows: | ||
| (f) A governmental body may not impose a charge under this | ||
| subchapter for providing a copy of public information if the | ||
| information is a report required to be filed with the governmental | ||
| body under Subchapter C or D, Chapter 254, Election Code, unless all | ||
| of those reports filed with the governmental body during the | ||
| preceding three years are available to the public on the | ||
| governmental body's Internet website. | ||
| SECTION 2. Section 552.269, Government Code, is amended by | ||
| adding Subsection (c) to read as follows: | ||
| (c) The attorney general may cancel or reduce any charge or | ||
| portion of a charge imposed by a governmental body under this | ||
| subchapter if the attorney general determines that the governmental | ||
| body: | ||
| (1) has not maintained the requested information in | ||
| accordance with standard recordkeeping practices; or | ||
| (2) failed to comply with this chapter with regard to | ||
| the request for public information for which the charge is imposed. | ||
| SECTION 3. The changes in law made by this Act apply only to | ||
| a request for public information received by a governmental body or | ||
| officer for public information on or after the effective date of | ||
| this Act. | ||
| SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. | ||
