Bill Text: TX HB110 | 2021 | 87th Legislature 2nd Special Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to charges imposed by a governmental body for providing copies of campaign finance reports under the public information law.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-08-07 - Filed [HB110 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-HB110-Introduced.html
| By: Vasut | H.B. No. 110 | |
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| relating to charges imposed by a governmental body for providing | ||
| copies of campaign finance reports 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 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 on the 91st day after the last day of the | ||
| legislative session. | ||
