By: Shapleigh S.B. No. 747 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT 1-1 relating to determining the types of public information most often 1-2 requested from state governmental bodies under the open records 1-3 law. 1-4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 1-5 SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 552, Government Code, is 1-6 amended by adding Section 552.009 to read as follows: 1-7 Sec. 552.009. DETERMINING TYPES OF INFORMATION FREQUENTLY 1-8 REQUESTED FROM STATE GOVERNMENTAL BODIES; RULES AND REPORT OF 1-9 GENERAL SERVICES COMMISSION. (a) Each state governmental body 1-10 shall keep a record of and report to the General Services 1-11 Commission the categories of public information requested from the 1-12 governmental body under this chapter and the frequency with which 1-13 the different categories of public information are requested. 1-14 (b) The General Services Commission shall prescribe the form 1-15 of the report required under Subsection (a) and shall prescribe by 1-16 rule the categories into which requested public information will be 1-17 divided for purposes of this section. The commission shall analyze 1-18 the information it receives under this section and report to the 1-19 legislature not later than November 1 of each even-numbered year on 1-20 the frequency with which different categories of public information 1-21 are requested from state governmental bodies under this chapter. 1-22 (c) The General Services Commission shall at a minimum 1-23 design the categories of information and draft its report so that 1-24 the legislature and state governmental bodies may determine the 2-1 extent to which it would be cost-effective for state government or 2-2 useful to members of the public for state governmental bodies to 2-3 publicize frequently requested categories of public information 2-4 without waiting for the information to be requested under this 2-5 chapter. 2-6 SECTION 2. The importance of this legislation and the 2-7 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an 2-8 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the 2-9 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several 2-10 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended, 2-11 and that this Act take effect and be in force from and after its 2-12 passage, and it is so enacted.