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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to requests to inspect or be provided with copies of |
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information under the public information law. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 552.003(2), Government Code, is amended |
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to read as follows: |
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(2) "Manipulation" means the process of modifying, |
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reordering, or decoding of information with human intervention. |
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The term includes a search of one or more e-mail or text message |
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accounts and the retrieval and transfer of e-mails or text messages |
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that are responsive to a request for public information into a paper |
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or other format that can be provided to or inspected by the |
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requestor. |
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SECTION 2. Section 552.2615(g), Government Code, is amended |
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to read as follows: |
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(g) The time deadlines imposed by this section toll [do not
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affect] the application of a time deadline imposed on a |
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governmental body under Subchapter G, beginning on the date the |
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itemized statement or updated itemized statement is considered to |
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have been sent by the governmental body under Subsection (e) and |
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ending on the date the governmental body receives a response from |
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the requestor. |
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SECTION 3. Section 552.263, Government Code, is amended by |
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adding Subsection (e-1) to read as follows: |
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(e-1) If a requestor modifies the request in response to the |
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requirement of a deposit or bond authorized by this section, the |
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modified request is considered a separate request for the purposes |
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of this chapter and is considered received on the date the |
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governmental body receives the written modified request. |
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SECTION 4. The changes in law made by this Act to Sections |
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552.003, 552.2615, and 552.263, Government Code, apply only to a |
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request for information that is received by a governmental body or |
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an officer for public information on or after the effective date of |
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this Act. A request for information that was received before the |
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effective date of this Act is governed by the law in effect on the |
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date the request was received, and the former law is continued in |
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effect for that purpose. |
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SECTION 5. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011. |