84R23272 TJB-D
By: Leach H.B. No. 2310
Substitute the following for H.B. No. 2310:
By: Elkins C.S.H.B. No. 2310
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to electronic requests made to certain local governments
for information under or regarding 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 local government with a population of 10,000 or more
that maintains an Internet website must prominently display and
maintain on the main page of that website:
(1) a link to a web page maintained by the local
government that is clearly identified as a web page on which a
person may submit an electronic request for public information
under Chapter 552, Government Code; or
(2) an e-mail address monitored by an officer or
employee of the local government that is clearly identified as a
method by which a person may request and receive information
regarding how to submit a request for public information under
Chapter 552, Government Code.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect January 1, 2016.