By Shapleigh S.B. No. 381 77R360 JRD-D 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.