By:  Wentworth                                        S.B. No. 1044
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                                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.