88R14103 MCK-D
By: Kacal H.B. No. 4710
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to allowing a governmental body to combine multiple
requests submitted by separate individuals on behalf of an
organization for purposes of computing charges under the public
information law.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 552.261(e), Government Code, is amended
to read as follows:
(e) Except as otherwise provided by this subsection, all
requests received in one calendar day from an individual may be
treated as a single request for purposes of calculating costs under
this chapter. A governmental body may [not] combine multiple
requests under this subsection from separate individuals who submit
requests on behalf of an organization.
SECTION 2. The changes in law made by this Act to Section
552.261(e), Government Code, apply only to a request for
information that is received by a governmental body or an officer or
employee of a governmental body on or after the effective date of
this Act. A request for information that was received before the
effective date of this Act is governed by the law in effect on the
date the request was received, and the former law is continued in
effect for that purpose.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.