By Madden H.B. No. 569 75R1699 MCK-D A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1-1 AN ACT 1-2 relating to false or erroneous information in state agency 1-3 documents. 1-4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 1-5 SECTION 1. Chapter 2051, Government Code, is amended by 1-6 adding Subchapter D to read as follows: 1-7 SUBCHAPTER D. FALSE OR ERRONEOUS INFORMATION IN STATE AGENCY 1-8 DOCUMENTS 1-9 Sec. 2051.081. MARKING FALSE OR ERRONEOUS INFORMATION. (a) 1-10 A state agency that determines that a document maintained by the 1-11 agency that was written or compiled by an agency employee contains 1-12 false or erroneous information about a corporation or individual 1-13 shall: 1-14 (1) clearly mark on all copies of the document 1-15 maintained by the agency that the relevant information is false or 1-16 erroneous; and 1-17 (2) inform another state agency to which a copy of the 1-18 document was sent that the relevant information is false or 1-19 erroneous. 1-20 (b) A state agency notified by another agency that a 1-21 document that it has received from the notifying agency contains 1-22 false or erroneous information shall clearly mark the relevant 1-23 information as false or erroneous. 1-24 SECTION 2. Section 552.351, Government Code, is amended by 2-1 adding Subsection (c) to read as follows: 2-2 (c) It is not an offense under this section for a person to 2-3 alter a document in accordance with Section 2051.081. 2-4 SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 1997. 2-5 SECTION 4. The importance of this legislation and the 2-6 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an 2-7 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the 2-8 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several 2-9 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.