By: Wentworth S.B. No. 1044
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Bill not drafted by TLC or Senate E&E.
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
1-1 relating to the charge a governmental body may impose for providing
1-2 a copy of public information.
1-3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-4 SECTION 1. Section 552.261, Government Code, is amended by
1-5 amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsection (c) to read as
1-6 follows:
1-7 (a) The charge for providing a copy of public information
1-8 shall be an amount that reasonably includes all costs related to
1-9 reproducing the public information, including costs of materials,
1-10 labor, and overhead. If a request is for 50 or fewer pages of
1-11 paper records, the charge for providing the copy of the public
1-12 information may not include costs of materials, labor, or overhead,
1-13 but shall be limited to the photocopying costs, unless the pages to
1-14 be photocopied are located in:
1-15 (1) two or more separate buildings that are not
1-16 physically connected with each other [than one building]; or
1-17 (2) a remote storage facility.
1-18 (c) For purposes of Subsection (a), a connection of two
1-19 buildings by a covered or open sidewalk, an elevated or underground
1-20 passageway, or a similar facility is insufficient to cause the
1-21 buildings to be physically connected.