By Shapleigh                                           S.B. No. 381
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                                A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 1-1                                   AN ACT
 1-2     relating to establishing a toll-free number for contacting the open
 1-3     records division of the office of the attorney general.
 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 552.012 to read as follows:
 1-7           Sec. 552.012.  TOLL-FREE NUMBER; ATTORNEY GENERAL'S OFFICE.
 1-8     (a)  The attorney general shall provide a statewide toll-free
 1-9     number by which members of the public may contact the open records
1-10     division of the office of the attorney general.
1-11           (b)  Each governmental body shall post the number at the
1-12     place that the governmental body is required to post a notice of a
1-13     meeting under Chapter 551. A governmental body that is not subject
1-14     to Chapter 551 shall post the number at a place convenient to the
1-15     public in or by the administrative offices of the governmental
1-16     body.
1-17           (c)  A governmental body shall post with the toll-free number
1-18     a brief description, to be prescribed by the attorney general, of
1-19     the division's function.
1-20           SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
1-21     a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
1-22     provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this
1-23     Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
1-24     Act takes effect September 1, 2001.