1-1                                   AN ACT
 1-2     relating to the response required of a governmental body to a
 1-3     request for information from a person who is incarcerated.
 1-4           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
 1-5           SECTION 1.  Subsection (c), Section 552.028, Government Code,
 1-6     is amended to read as follows:
 1-7           (c)  In this section, "correctional facility" means a place
 1-8     designated by the law of this state, another state, or the federal
 1-9     government for the confinement of a person arrested for, charged
1-10     with, or convicted of a criminal offense [has the meaning assigned
1-11     by Section 1.07(a), Penal Code].
1-12           SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
1-13     a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
1-14     provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this
1-15     Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
1-16     Act takes effect September 1, 2001.
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             President of the Senate              Speaker of the House
               I hereby certify that S.B. No. 840 passed the Senate on
         April 20, 2001, by the following vote:  Yeas 30, Nays 0, one
         present, not voting.
                                             _______________________________
                                                 Secretary of the Senate
               I hereby certify that S.B. No. 840 passed the House on
         May 23, 2001, by the following vote:  Yeas 145, Nays 0, two
         present, not voting.
                                             _______________________________
                                                Chief Clerk of the House
         Approved:
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                      Date
         _______________________________
                    Governor