Bill Text: TX HB2134 | 2015-2016 | 84th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to allowing a governmental body to request clarification of a request for public information by electronic mail.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 2)
Status: (Passed) 2015-06-17 - Effective on 9/1/15 [HB2134 Detail]
Download: Texas-2015-HB2134-Enrolled.html
| H.B. No. 2134 | ||
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| relating to allowing a governmental body to request clarification | ||
| of a request for public information by electronic mail. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Section 552.222, Government Code, is amended by | ||
| amending Subsection (f) and adding Subsection (g) to read as | ||
| follows: | ||
| (f) Except as provided by Subsection (g), if [ |
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| requestor's request for public information included the requestor's | ||
| physical or mailing address, the request may not be considered to | ||
| have been withdrawn under Subsection (d) unless the governmental | ||
| body, officer for public information, or agent, as applicable, | ||
| sends the request for clarification or discussion under Subsection | ||
| (b) or the written request for additional information under | ||
| Subsection (c) to that address by certified mail. | ||
| (g) If the requestor's request for public information was | ||
| sent by electronic mail, the request may be considered to have been | ||
| withdrawn under Subsection (d) if: | ||
| (1) the governmental body, officer for public | ||
| information, or agent, as applicable, sends the request for | ||
| clarification or discussion under Subsection (b) or the written | ||
| request for additional information under Subsection (c) by | ||
| electronic mail to the same electronic mail address from which the | ||
| original request was sent or to another electronic mail address | ||
| provided by the requestor; and | ||
| (2) the governmental body, officer for public | ||
| information, or agent, as applicable, does not receive from the | ||
| requestor a written response or response by electronic mail within | ||
| the period described by Subsection (d). | ||
| SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only | ||
| to a request for information that is received by a governmental | ||
| body, an officer for public information, or an agent on or after the | ||
| effective date of this Act. A request for information that was | ||
| received before the effective date of this Act is governed by the | ||
| law in effect on the date the request was received, and the former | ||
| law is continued in effect for that purpose. | ||
| SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015. | ||
| ______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
| President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
| I certify that H.B. No. 2134 was passed by the House on April | ||
| 23, 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 139, Nays 0, 2 present, not | ||
| voting. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
| I certify that H.B. No. 2134 was passed by the Senate on May | ||
| 26, 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Secretary of the Senate | ||
| APPROVED: _____________________ | ||
| Date | ||
| _____________________ | ||
| Governor | ||
