87R6113 SGM-F
By: Vasut H.B. No. 2789
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to charges imposed by a governmental body for providing
copies of public information under the public information law.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 552.261, Government Code, is amended by
adding Subsection (f) to read as follows:
(f) A governmental body may not impose a charge under this
subchapter for providing a copy of public information if:
(1) the information is a report required to be filed
with the governmental body under Subchapter C or D, Chapter 254,
Election Code, unless all of those reports filed with the
governmental body during the preceding three years are available to
the public on the governmental body's Internet website;
(2) the governmental body fails to disclose the
information on or before the 10th business day after the date of
receiving the requestor's written request, unless the governmental
body:
(A) sends a written request for clarification
under Section 552.222(b); or
(B) requests a decision from the attorney general
under Section 552.301; or
(3) the governmental body requests a decision from the
attorney general under Section 552.301 and:
(A) the governmental body fails to comply with
Subsection (d) of that section; or
(B) the attorney general determines the
requested information must be disclosed.
SECTION 2. The changes in law made by this Act apply only to
a request for public information received by a governmental body or
officer for public information on or after the effective date of
this Act.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021.