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1	1	89R13964 JON-F
2	2	By: Bettencourt S.B. No. 2680
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7	7	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
8	8	AN ACT
9	9	relating to the public information law.
10	10	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
11	11	SECTION 1. Section 552.0031, Government Code, is amended by
12	12	adding Subsection (g) to read as follows:
13	13	(g) The attorney general may determine that a governmental
14	14	body is or has been temporarily unable to respond to a request for
15	15	information due to a disaster or other event that prevents the
16	16	governmental body from conducting business. On making a
17	17	determination under this subsection, the attorney general may
18	18	designate a day on which the governmental body's administrative
19	19	offices are closed or operating with minimum staffing as a
20	20	nonbusiness day. The attorney general may designate not more than
21	21	30 nonbusiness days for a governmental body under this subsection
22	22	in each calendar year. The attorney general shall maintain on the
23	23	Internet website of the attorney general for not less than two years
24	24	information regarding each designation made under this subsection.
25	25	The attorney general by rule shall establish procedures for making
26	26	a designation under this subsection.
27	27	SECTION 2. Section 552.108(d), Government Code, as added by
28	28	Chapter 986 (H.B. 30), Acts of the 88th Legislature, Regular
29	29	Session, 2023, is redesignated as Section 552.108(c-1), Government
30	30	Code, to read as follows:
31	31	(c-1) [(d)] The exception to disclosure provided by
32	32	Subsection (a)(2) does not apply to information, records, or
33	33	notations if:
34	34	(1) a person who is described by or depicted in the
35	35	information, record, or notation, other than a peace officer, is
36	36	deceased or incapacitated; or
37	37	(2) each person who is described by or depicted in the
38	38	information, record, or notation, other than a person who is
39	39	deceased or incapacitated, consents to the release of the
40	40	information, record, or notation.
41	41	SECTION 3. Sections 552.11765(a) and (b), Government Code,
42	42	are amended to read as follows:
43	43	(a) In this section:
44	44	(1) "License" [, "license"] means a license,
45	45	certificate, registration, permit, or other authorization that:
46	46	(A) [(1)] is issued by a licensing authority
47	47	[governmental body described by Section 552.003(1)(A)(i)]; and
48	48	(B) [(2)] an individual must obtain to practice
49	49	or engage in a particular [business,] occupation[,] or profession.
50	50	(2) "Licensing authority" means a department,
51	51	commission, board, office, or other agency of the state that issues
52	52	or renews a license.
53	53	(b) Except as provided by Subsections (c) and (d),
54	54	information maintained by a governmental body that is a licensing
55	55	authority [described by Section 552.003(1)(A)(i)] is confidential
56	56	and excepted from the requirements of Section 552.021 if the
57	57	information:
58	58	(1) is a license application; or
59	59	(2) relates to the home address, home telephone
60	60	number, electronic mail address, social security number, date of
61	61	birth, driver's license number, state identification number,
62	62	passport number, emergency contact information, or payment
63	63	information of:
64	64	(A) an applicant for a license issued by the
65	65	governmental body;
66	66	(B) an individual who holds a license issued by
67	67	the governmental body; or
68	68	(C) an individual who previously held a license
69	69	issued by the governmental body.
70	70	SECTION 4. Section 552.321, Government Code, is amended by
71	71	adding Subsections (d) and (e) to read as follows:
72	72	(d) If a governmental body requests a decision under Section
73	73	552.301, a requestor may file suit under this section not earlier
74	74	than the 45th business day after the date the attorney general
75	75	receives the request for a decision. If the attorney general
76	76	extends the period for issuing the decision as permitted by Section
77	77	552.306(a), a requestor may file suit under this section not
78	78	earlier than the 55th business day after the date the attorney
79	79	general received the request for a decision.
80	80	(e) If the attorney general issues an opinion under Section
81	81	552.306 that information that is the subject of the opinion is
82	82	within an exception under Subchapter C, in a suit under this
83	83	subchapter there is a rebuttable presumption that the information
84	84	is within the exception.
85	85	SECTION 5. To the extent of any conflict, this Act prevails
86	86	over another Act of the 89th Legislature, Regular Session, 2025,
87	87	relating to nonsubstantive additions to and corrections in enacted
88	88	codes.
89	89	SECTION 6. Section 552.321(d), Government Code, as added by
90	90	this Act, applies only to a suit filed under Section 552.321,
91	91	Government Code, that is filed on or after the effective date of
92	92	this Act.
93	93	SECTION 7. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.