By: Ellis S.B. No. 881
(In the Senate - Filed February 27, 2013; March 5, 2013,
read first time and referred to Committee on Open Government;
April 11, 2013, reported adversely, with favorable Committee
Substitute by the following vote: Yeas 4, Nays 1; April 11, 2013,
sent to printer.)
COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR S.B. No. 881 By: Ellis
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to access to certain archaic information.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 552, Government Code, is
amended by adding Section 552.0216 to read as follows:
Sec. 552.0216. RIGHT OF ACCESS TO CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION
AFTER 75 YEARS. (a) Information that is designated as
confidential under law is public information and is available to
the public:
(1) on or after the 75th anniversary of the date the
information was originally created or received by the applicable
governmental body; or
(2) after the expiration of a specified period for
maintaining the confidentiality of the information in accordance
with applicable law.
(b) This section does not apply to:
(1) information withheld under Section 442.007;
(2) information covered by Section 552.147; or
(3) information covered by Section 191.004, Natural
Resources Code.
(c) This section does not limit the authority of a
governmental body to establish retention periods for records under
applicable law.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013.
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