By: Guillen H.B. No. 3629
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
Relating to suit for writ of mandamus.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Sec. 552.321, TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE, is amended
to read as follows
552.321 SUIT FOR WRIT OF MANDAMUS. (a) A requestor or the
attorney general may file suit for a writ of mandamus compelling a
governmental body to make information available for public
inspection if the governmental body refuses to request an attorney
general's decision as provided by Subchapter G or refuses to supply
public information or information that the attorney general has
determined is public information that is not excepted from
disclosure under Subchapter C.
(b) A suit filed by a requestor under this section must be
filed in a district court for the county in which the main offices
of the governmental body are located. A suit filed by the attorney
general under this section must be filed in a district court of
Travis County, except that a suit against a municipality with a
population of 100,000 or less must be filed in a district court for
the county in which the main offices of the municipality are
located.
(c) Under this section, a governmental body must show proof
of compliance beyond a verbal or written notice
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013.