Bill Text: TX SB1910 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Comm Sub
Bill Title: Relating to disclosure under the public information law of information related to elections.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 3-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2023-05-23 - Placed on General State Calendar [SB1910 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-SB1910-Comm_Sub.html
| 88R31097 TJB-F | ||
| By: Bettencourt, et al. | S.B. No. 1910 | |
| (Schofield) | ||
| Substitute the following for S.B. No. 1910: No. | ||
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| relating to disclosure under the public information law of | ||
| information related to elections. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Section 552.103, Government Code, is amended by | ||
| adding Subsection (d) to read as follows: | ||
| (d) The exception to disclosure provided by this section | ||
| does not apply to information requested under this chapter if: | ||
| (1) the information relates to a general, primary, or | ||
| special election, as those terms are defined by Section 1.005, | ||
| Election Code; | ||
| (2) the information is in the possession of a | ||
| governmental body that administers elections described by | ||
| Subdivision (1); and | ||
| (3) the governmental body described by Subdivision (2) | ||
| is not a governmental body described by Section 552.003(1)(A)(i). | ||
| SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only | ||
| to a request for information that is received by a governmental body | ||
| 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 September 1, 2023. | ||
