Bill Text: TX SB558 | 2015-2016 | 84th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to public availability of certain information related to economic development negotiations.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-02-18 - Referred to Business & Commerce [SB558 Detail]
Download: Texas-2015-SB558-Introduced.html
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| By: Burton | S.B. No. 558 | |
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| relating to public availability of certain information related to | ||
| economic development negotiations. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Section 552.305(d), Government Code, is amended | ||
| to read as follows: | ||
| (d) If release of a person's proprietary information may be | ||
| subject to exception under Section 552.101, 552.110, or 552.113, | ||
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| general decision under Section 552.301 shall make a good faith | ||
| attempt to notify that person of the request for the attorney | ||
| general decision. Notice under this subsection must: | ||
| (1) be in writing and sent within a reasonable time not | ||
| later than the 10th business day after the date the governmental | ||
| body receives the request for the information; and | ||
| (2) include: | ||
| (A) a copy of the written request for the | ||
| information, if any, received by the governmental body; and | ||
| (B) a statement, in the form prescribed by the | ||
| attorney general, that the person is entitled to submit in writing | ||
| to the attorney general within a reasonable time not later than the | ||
| 10th business day after the date the person receives the notice: | ||
| (i) each reason the person has as to why the | ||
| information should be withheld; and | ||
| (ii) a letter, memorandum, or brief in | ||
| support of that reason. | ||
| SECTION 2. Section 552.131, Government Code, is repealed. | ||
| SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives | ||
| a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as | ||
| provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this | ||
| Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this | ||
| Act takes effect September 1, 2015. | ||
