By Wentworth                                           S.B. No. 840
         77R6995 GWK-F                           
                                A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 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. Section 552.028(c), Government Code, is amended to
 1-6     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.