Bill Text: TX HB175 | 2021 | 87th Legislature 1st Special Session | Introduced

Texas House Bill 175 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Relating to charges imposed by a governmental body for providing copies of campaign finance reports under the public information law.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-07-08 - Filed [HB175 Detail]

Download: Texas-2021-HB175-Introduced.html



	By: Vasut	H.B. No. 175



	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
	AN ACT
	relating to charges imposed by a governmental body for providing
	copies of campaign finance reports 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:
	(1) 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;
	(2) the governmental body fails to disclose the
	information on or before the 10th business day after the date of
	receiving the requestor's written request, unless the governmental
	body:
	(A) sends a written request for clarification
	under Section 552.222(b); or
	(B) requests a decision from the attorney general
	under Section 552.301; or
	(3) the governmental body requests a decision from the
	attorney general under Section 552.301 and:
	(A) the governmental body fails to comply with
	Subsection (d) of that section; or
	(B) the attorney general determines the
	requested information must be disclosed.
	SECTION 2. 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 3. 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 on the 91st day after the last day of the
	legislative session.