1-1     By:  Goolsby (Senate Sponsor - Carona)                H.B. No. 2768

 1-2           (In the Senate - Received from the House May 13, 1997;

 1-3     May 13, 1997, read first time and referred to Committee on State

 1-4     Affairs; May 18, 1997, reported favorably by the following vote:

 1-5     Yeas 13, Nays 0; May 18, 1997, sent to printer.)

 1-6                            A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

 1-7                                   AN ACT

 1-8     relating to records of the Texas Lottery Commission that are open

 1-9     for public inspection.

1-10           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:

1-11           SECTION 1.  Section 466.022, Government Code, is amended to

1-12     read as follows:

1-13           Sec. 466.022.  Confidential Information.  (a)  Except as

1-14     otherwise provided by law, all commission records are subject to

1-15     public inspection in accordance with Chapter 552.

1-16           (b)  In addition to commission records excepted from

1-17     disclosure under Chapter 552, the [The] following information is

1-18     confidential and is exempt from disclosure [under Chapter 552]:

1-19                 (1)  security plans and procedures of the commission

1-20     designed to ensure the integrity and security of the operation of

1-21     the lottery;

1-22                 (2)  information of a nature that is designed to ensure

1-23     the integrity and security of the selection of winning tickets or

1-24     numbers in the lottery, other than information describing the

1-25     general procedures for selecting winning tickets or numbers; and

1-26                 (3)  the street address and telephone number of a prize

1-27     winner, if the prize winner has not consented to the release of the

1-28     information.

1-29           SECTION 2.  Section 467.104(a), Government Code, is amended

1-30     to read as follows:

1-31           (a)  Except as otherwise provided by law, all [All]

1-32     commission records are subject to public inspection in accordance

1-33     with Chapter 552 [that are not made confidential by other law are

1-34     open to inspection by the public during regular office hours].

1-35           SECTION 3.  Section 28, Bingo Enabling Act (Article 179d,

1-36     Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes), is amended to read as follows:

1-37           Sec. 28.  INFORMATION AVAILABLE FOR PUBLIC INSPECTION.

1-38     Except as otherwise provided by law, all commission records are

1-39     subject to public inspection in accordance with Chapter 552,

1-40     Government Code [All applications, returns, reports, statements,

1-41     and audits submitted to or conducted by the commission and the

1-42     governing body are available for public inspection].

1-43           SECTION 4.  This Act takes effect September 1, 1997.

1-44           SECTION 5.  The importance of this legislation and the

1-45     crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an

1-46     emergency and an imperative public necessity that the

1-47     constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several

1-48     days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.

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