S.B. No. 1629
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 an
individual who, for a substantial portion of the individual's
livelihood or for substantial financial gain, gathers, compiles,
prepares, collects, photographs, records, writes, edits, reports,
investigates, processes, or publishes news or information for and
is seeking the information for [a representative of]:
(1) a radio or television broadcast station that holds
a broadcast license for an assigned frequency issued by the Federal
Communications Commission; [or]
(2) a newspaper that is qualified under Section
2051.044 to publish legal notices 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;
(3) 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
(4) a magazine that is published at least once a week
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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President of the Senate Speaker of the House
I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1629 passed the Senate on
April 28, 2009, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0; and that
the Senate concurred in House amendment on May 30, 2009, by the
following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0.
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Secretary of the Senate
I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1629 passed the House, with
amendment, on May 27, 2009, by the following vote: Yeas 148,
Nays 0, one present not voting.
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Chief Clerk of the House
Approved:
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Date
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Governor