Amend HB 951 as follows:
(1) Add the following appropriately numbered SECTION to the
bill and renumber existing SECTIONS of the bill appropriately:
SECTION ____. Section 552.221(d), Government Code, is amended
to read as follows:
(d) If an officer for public information cannot produce
public information for inspection or duplication within 10 business
<calendar> days after the date the information is requested under
Subsection (a), the officer shall certify that fact in writing to
the requestor and set a date and hour within a reasonable time when
the information will be available for inspection or duplication.
(2) In the prefatory language to SECTION 3 of the bill,
strike "552.301(a)" and substitute "552.301" (senate committee
printing page 4, line 35).
(3) In SECTION 3 of the bill, immediately before the text of
amended Section 552.301(a), Government Code, insert "Sec. 552.301.
REQUEST FOR ATTORNEY GENERAL DECISION." (senate committee printing
page 4, line 37).
(4) In SECTION 3 of the bill, in the second sentence of
amended Section 552.301(a), Government Code, strike "calendar" and
substitute "business <calendar>" (senate committee printing page 4,
line 45).
(5) In SECTION 3 of the bill, insert the following after the
text of amended Section 552.301(a), Government Code (senate
committee printing page 4, between lines 50 and 51):
(b) A governmental body that requests an attorney general
decision under Subsection (a) must within a reasonable time but
not later than the 15th business <calendar> day after the date of
receiving the written request:
(1) submit to the attorney general written comments
stating the reasons why the stated exceptions apply that would
allow the information to be withheld;
(2) submit to the attorney general a copy of the
written request for information;
(3) submit to the attorney general a copy of the
specific information requested, or submit representative samples of
the information if a voluminous amount of information was
requested; and
(4) label that copy of the specific information, or of
the representative samples, to indicate which exceptions apply to
which parts of the copy.