81R11478 ACP-F
By: Homer H.B. No. 4140
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to a bulk data request for information under the public
information law.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 552.003, Government Code, is amended by
adding Subdivision (7) to read as follows:
(7) "Bulk data request" means a request for copies of
public information that would involve producing copies of 100 pages
or more in response.
SECTION 2. Section 552.228, Government Code, is amended by
adding Subsection (d) to read as follows:
(d) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, a
governmental body is not required to produce:
(1) information in response to a bulk data request in
any medium other than that in which the information is maintained;
or
(2) a document responsive to a bulk data request in the
requested format if the public information is maintained in the
same medium as the medium requested by the requestor.
SECTION 3. Section 552.261, Government Code, is amended by
adding Subsection (e) to read as follows:
(e) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, a
governmental body may charge an amount not to exceed 20 cents per
page in providing a copy of information subject to a bulk data
request.
SECTION 4. The changes in law made by this Act to Sections
552.228 and 552.261, Government Code, 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 5. This Act takes effect September 1, 2009.