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.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
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have been withdrawn under Subsection (d) unless the governmental | ||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withdrawn under Subsection (d) if: | ||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. | ||
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Secretary of the Senate | ||
APPROVED: _____________________ | ||
Date | ||
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Governor |