Bill Text: TX HB2839 | 2015-2016 | 84th Legislature | Comm Sub
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Bill Title: Relating to the production of public information under the public information law.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2015-05-07 - Referred to Business & Commerce [HB2839 Detail]
Download: Texas-2015-HB2839-Comm_Sub.html
Bill Title: Relating to the production of public information under the public information law.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2015-05-07 - Referred to Business & Commerce [HB2839 Detail]
Download: Texas-2015-HB2839-Comm_Sub.html
84R22921 TJB-D | |||
By: Capriglione | H.B. No. 2839 | ||
Substitute the following for H.B. No. 2839: | |||
By: Elkins | C.S.H.B. No. 2839 |
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relating to the production of public information under the public | ||
information law. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 552.221, Government Code, is amended by | ||
adding Subsection (b-1) to read as follows: | ||
(b-1) In addition to the methods of production described by | ||
Subsection (b), an officer for public information complies with | ||
Subsection (a) by referring a requestor to an exact Internet | ||
location or uniform resource locator (URL) address on a website | ||
that at the time of the referral is accessible to the public if the | ||
requested information is identifiable and readily available on that | ||
website. | ||
SECTION 2. Section 182.052, Utilities Code, is amended by | ||
adding Subsection (e) to read as follows: | ||
(e) A governmental body as defined by Section 552.003, | ||
Government Code, may withhold information prohibited from being | ||
disclosed under this section without the necessity of requesting a | ||
decision from the attorney general under Subchapter G, Chapter 552, | ||
Government Code. | ||
SECTION 3. The changes in law made by this Act apply only to | ||
a request for information that is received by a governmental body or | ||
an officer for public information 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 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015. |