Bill Text: TX HB685 | 2015-2016 | 84th Legislature | Introduced
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Bill Title: Relating to the production of public information under the public information law.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Passed) 2015-06-17 - Effective on 9/1/15 [HB685 Detail]
Download: Texas-2015-HB685-Introduced.html
Bill Title: Relating to the production of public information under the public information law.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Passed) 2015-06-17 - Effective on 9/1/15 [HB685 Detail]
Download: Texas-2015-HB685-Introduced.html
84R3343 RWG-D | ||
By: Sheets | H.B. No. 685 |
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relating to the production of public information available on the | ||
website of a political subdivision of this state. | ||
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 for a political | ||
subdivision of this state complies with Subsection (a) by referring | ||
a requestor to a website maintained by the political subdivision | ||
and accessible to the public if the requested information is | ||
identifiable and readily available on that website. | ||
SECTION 2. 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 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015. |