Suspending limitations on conference committee
                            jurisdiction, H.B. No. 1718
       By ____________________                               H.R. No. ____
       74R14287 MRB-D
                                  R E S O L U T I O N
    1-1        BE IT RESOLVED by the House of Representatives of the State
    1-2  of Texas, 74th Legislature, Regular Session, 1995, That House Rule
    1-3  13, Section 9(a), be suspended in part as provided by House Rule
    1-4  13, Section 9(f), to enable the conference committee appointed to
    1-5  resolve the differences on House Bill No.  1718 to consider and
    1-6  take action on the following matter:
    1-7        House Rule 13, Section 9(a)(2), is suspended to permit the
    1-8  committee to omit text that is not in disagreement in Section
    1-9  552.103, Government Code.  The omitted text reads as follows:
   1-10        Sec. 552.103.  EXCEPTION:  LITIGATION OR SETTLEMENT
   1-11  NEGOTIATIONS INVOLVING THE STATE OR A POLITICAL SUBDIVISION.  (a)
   1-12  Information is excepted from the requirements of Section 552.021 if
   1-13  the attorney general or the attorney of the political subdivision
   1-14  has determined that the information should be withheld from public
   1-15  inspection, and it is information created:
   1-16              (1)  in anticipation of <relating to> litigation of a
   1-17  civil or criminal nature <or settlement negotiations,> to which the
   1-18  state or a political subdivision is or may be a party or to which
   1-19  an officer or employee of the state or a political subdivision, as
   1-20  a consequence of the person's office or employment, is or may be a
   1-21  party; or <and>
   1-22              (2)  for the purpose of settlement negotiations to
   1-23  which the state or a political subdivision is a party or to which
   1-24  an officer or employee of the state or a political subdivision, as
    2-1  a consequence of the person's office or employment, is a party
    2-2  <that the attorney general or the attorney of the political
    2-3  subdivision has determined should be withheld from public
    2-4  inspection>.
    2-5        (b)  A determination by the attorney of the political
    2-6  subdivision that the information should be withheld from public
    2-7  inspection does not relieve the political subdivision of its
    2-8  obligation to seek an attorney general decision under Section
    2-9  552.301.
   2-10        (c)  For purposes of this section, the state or a political
   2-11  subdivision is considered to be a party to litigation of a criminal
   2-12  nature until the applicable statute of limitations has expired or
   2-13  until the defendant has exhausted all appellate and postconviction
   2-14  remedies in state and federal court.
   2-15        (e)  Information under this section includes the work product
   2-16  of an attorney.  Protection for the work product of an attorney
   2-17  does not terminate on the conclusion of the litigation for which it
   2-18  was created.
   2-19        (f)  In this section, "work product of an attorney" means the
   2-20  mental processes, conclusions, and legal theories of an attorney
   2-21  created in anticipation of litigation.
   2-22        Explanation:  This change is necessary to continue in effect
   2-23  the current law regarding information related to litigation.
   2-24  ¯BEGCAPTIONÆ
   2-25  Suspending limitations on conference committee jurisdiction, H.B.
   2-26  1718.
   2-27  ¯ENDCAPTIONÆ