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| 5 | 7 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 6 | 8 | | AN ACT |
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| 7 | 9 | | relating to business days for purposes of the public information |
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| 8 | 10 | | law. |
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| 9 | 11 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 10 | 12 | | SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 552, Government Code, is |
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| 11 | 13 | | amended by adding Section 552.0031 to read as follows: |
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| 12 | 14 | | Sec. 552.0031. BUSINESS DAYS. (a) Except as provided by |
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| 13 | 15 | | this section, in this chapter "business day" means a day other than |
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| 14 | 16 | | a: |
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| 15 | 17 | | (1) Saturday or Sunday; |
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| 16 | 18 | | (2) national holiday under Section 662.003(a); or |
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| 17 | 19 | | (3) state holiday under Section 662.003(b). |
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| 18 | 20 | | (b) An optional holiday under Section 662.003(c) is not a |
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| 19 | 21 | | business day of a governmental body if the officer for public |
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| 20 | 22 | | information of the governmental body observes the optional holiday. |
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| 21 | 23 | | (c) A holiday established by the governing body of an |
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| 22 | 24 | | institution of higher education under Section 662.011(a) is not a |
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| 23 | 25 | | business day of the institution of higher education. |
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| 24 | | - | (d) The Friday before or Monday after a holiday described by |
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| 25 | | - | Subsection (a)(2) or (3) is not a business day of a governmental |
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| 26 | | - | body if the holiday occurs on a Saturday or Sunday and the |
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| 27 | | - | governmental body observes the holiday on that Friday or Monday. |
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| 28 | | - | (e) Subject to the requirements of this subsection, a |
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| 29 | | - | governmental body may designate a day on which the governmental |
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| 30 | | - | body's administrative offices are closed or operating with minimum |
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| 31 | | - | staffing as a non-business day. The designation of a non-business |
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| 32 | | - | day for an independent school district must be made by the board of |
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| 33 | | - | trustees. The designation of a non-business day for a governmental |
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| 34 | | - | body other than an independent school district must be made by the |
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| 35 | | - | executive director or other chief administrative officer. A |
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| 36 | | - | governmental body may designate not more than 10 non-business days |
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| 37 | | - | under this subsection each calendar year. A governmental body |
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| 38 | | - | shall make a good faith effort to post advance notice of the |
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| 39 | | - | non-business days designated under this subsection on the |
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| 40 | | - | governmental body's Internet website. |
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| 26 | + | (d) A day designated as a non-business day under this |
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| 27 | + | subsection by the governing body of an independent school district |
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| 28 | + | or institution of higher education, as defined by Section 61.003, |
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| 29 | + | Education Code, is not a business day of the independent school |
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| 30 | + | district or institution of higher education. A governing body may |
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| 31 | + | designate not more than 20 non-business days under this subsection |
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| 32 | + | each calendar year. An independent school district or institution |
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| 33 | + | of higher education must post a list of the non-business days for a |
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| 34 | + | calendar year on its Internet website on or before the first day of |
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| 35 | + | the school or academic year during which the calendar year begins. |
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