Bill Text: TX SB408 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Introduced
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Bill Title: Relating to the definition of a governmental body for the purposes of the public information law.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 7-3)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2017-04-18 - Referred to Government Transparency & Operation [SB408 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-SB408-Introduced.html
Bill Title: Relating to the definition of a governmental body for the purposes of the public information law.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 7-3)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2017-04-18 - Referred to Government Transparency & Operation [SB408 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-SB408-Introduced.html
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| By: Watson | S.B. No. 408 | |
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| relating to the definition of a governmental body for the purposes | ||
| of the public information law. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Section 552.003(1), Government Code, is amended | ||
| to read as follows: | ||
| (1) "Governmental body": | ||
| (A) means: | ||
| (i) a board, commission, department, | ||
| committee, institution, agency, or office that is within or is | ||
| created by the executive or legislative branch of state government | ||
| and that is directed by one or more elected or appointed members; | ||
| (ii) a county commissioners court in the | ||
| state; | ||
| (iii) a municipal governing body in the | ||
| state; | ||
| (iv) a deliberative body that has | ||
| rulemaking or quasi-judicial power and that is classified as a | ||
| department, agency, or political subdivision of a county or | ||
| municipality; | ||
| (v) a school district board of trustees; | ||
| (vi) a county board of school trustees; | ||
| (vii) a county board of education; | ||
| (viii) the governing board of a special | ||
| district; | ||
| (ix) the governing body of a nonprofit | ||
| corporation organized under Chapter 67, Water Code, that provides a | ||
| water supply or wastewater service, or both, and is exempt from ad | ||
| valorem taxation under Section 11.30, Tax Code; | ||
| (x) a local workforce development board | ||
| created under Section 2308.253; | ||
| (xi) a nonprofit corporation that is | ||
| eligible to receive funds under the federal community services | ||
| block grant program and that is authorized by this state to serve a | ||
| geographic area of the state; and | ||
| (xii) the part, section, or portion of an | ||
| organization, corporation, commission, committee, institution, or | ||
| agency that: | ||
| (a) receives public funds or other | ||
| public resources unless the receipt of the funds or other resources | ||
| imposes a specific and definite obligation on the entity to provide | ||
| a measurable amount of service in exchange for the funds or other | ||
| resources as would be expected in an arms-length transaction for | ||
| services between a vendor and purchaser; | ||
| (b) is a party to a contract with a | ||
| governmental body or involved in another relationship with a | ||
| governmental body that involves public funds and that indicates a | ||
| common purpose or objective or that creates an agency-type | ||
| relationship between the entity and one or more governmental | ||
| bodies; or | ||
| (c) provides services traditionally | ||
| provided by a governmental body [ |
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| (B) does not include the judiciary. | ||
| SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only | ||
| to a request for public information received on or after the | ||
| effective date of this Act. A request for public information | ||
| received before the effective date of this Act is governed by the | ||
| law in effect when the request was received, and the former law is | ||
| continued in effect for that purpose. | ||
| SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. | ||
