By: Ellis	S.B. No. 881
	(In the Senate - Filed February 27, 2013; March 5, 2013,
	read first time and referred to Committee on Open Government;
	April 11, 2013, reported adversely, with favorable Committee
	Substitute by the following vote:  Yeas 4, Nays 1; April 11, 2013,
	sent to printer.)
	COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR S.B. No. 881	By:  Ellis

	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
	AN ACT
	relating to access to certain archaic information.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
	SECTION 1.  Subchapter B, Chapter 552, Government Code, is
	amended by adding Section 552.0216 to read as follows:
	Sec. 552.0216.  RIGHT OF ACCESS TO CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION
	AFTER 75 YEARS. (a)  Information that is designated as
	confidential under law is public information and is available to
	the public:
	(1)  on or after the 75th anniversary of the date the
	information was originally created or received by the applicable
	governmental body; or
	(2)  after the expiration of a specified period for
	maintaining the confidentiality of the information in accordance
	with applicable law.
	(b)  This section does not apply to:
	(1)  information withheld under Section 442.007;
	(2)  information covered by Section 552.147; or
	(3)  information covered by Section 191.004, Natural
	Resources Code.
	(c)  This section does not limit the authority of a
	governmental body to establish retention periods for records under
	applicable law.
	SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2013.
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