87R8862 BEF-D
By: Deshotel H.B. No. 3550
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the availability of certain information regarding an
application for or the award of disaster recovery funds under the
public information law.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 552.160, Government Code, is amended by
amending Subsection (b) and adding Subsection (d) to read as
follows:
(b) Except as provided by Subsections [Subsection] (c) and
(d), the following information maintained by a governmental body is
confidential:
(1) the name, social security number, house number,
street name, and telephone number of an individual or household
that applies for state or federal disaster recovery funds;
(2) the name, tax identification number, address, and
telephone number of a business entity or an owner of a business
entity that applies for state or federal disaster recovery funds;
and
(3) any other information the disclosure of which
would identify or tend to identify a person or household that
applies for state or federal disaster recovery funds.
(d) Information is not confidential under Subsection (b) if
the information is contained in or describes:
(1) an application for or the award of state or federal
disaster recovery funds to a governmental body; or
(2) an application for or the award of state or federal
disaster recovery funds that are allocated or distributed by a
governmental body, other than information listed in Subsection
(b)(1) or (2) concerning an applicant for that allocation or
distribution.
SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies to
information written, produced, collected, assembled, or maintained
before, on, or after the effective date of this Act, but does not
apply to a request for public information received before the
effective date of this Act.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
Act takes effect September 1, 2021.