By: Wentworth S.B. No. 1629
(In the Senate - Filed March 10, 2009; March 20, 2009, read
first time and referred to Committee on State Affairs;
April 15, 2009, reported adversely, with favorable Committee
Substitute by the following vote: Yeas 6, Nays 0; April 15, 2009,
sent to printer.)
COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR S.B. No. 1629 By: Carona
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the persons exempted from the required prepayment of
the personnel costs incurred by a governmental body in responding
to requests from a requestor under the public information law that
require large amounts of personnel time.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subsection (j), Section 552.275, Government
Code, is amended to read as follows:
(j) This section does not apply if the requestor is a
representative of:
(1) a radio or television station that holds a license
issued by the Federal Communications Commission; [or]
(2) a newspaper that:
(A) is qualified under Section 2051.044 to
publish legal notices;
(B) [or] is a free newspaper of general
circulation and [that] is published at least once a week and
available and of interest to the general public in connection with
the dissemination of news; or
(C) is a newspaper of general circulation that is
published on the Internet by a news medium engaged in the business
of disseminating news or information to the general public; or
(3) a magazine that is published at least once a month
or on the Internet by a news medium engaged in the business of
disseminating news or information to the general public.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2009.
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