By: Leach H.B. No. 2310
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to electronic requests made to local governments for
public information under the open records law.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 201.009, Local Government Code, is
amended by adding Subsection (d) to read as follows:
(d) A political subdivision that maintains an Internet
website must prominently display and maintain on the main page of
that website a link to a web page maintained by the local government
that allows a person to submit an electronic request for
information under Chapter 552, Government Code.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect January 1, 2016.