Amend CSHB 7 by adding the following appropriately numbered 
section and renumbering existing sections accordingly:
	SEC. ____.   Subchapter A, Chapter 552, Government Code, is 
amended by adding Section 552.010 to read as follows:
	Sec. 552.010.  STATE GOVERNMENTAL BODIES:  FISCAL AND OTHER 
INFORMATION RELATING TO MAKING INFORMATION ACCESSIBLE.  (a)  Each 
state governmental body shall report to the Texas Building and 
Procurement Commission the information the commission requires 
regarding:
		(1)  the number and nature of requests for information 
the state governmental body processes under this chapter in the 
period covered by the report;  and
		(2)  the cost to the state governmental body in that 
period in terms of capital expenditures and personnel time of:
			(A)  responding to requests for information under 
this chapter;  and
			(B)  making information available to the public by 
means of the Internet or another electronic format.
	(b)  The Texas Building and Procurement Commission shall 
design and phase in the reporting requirements in a way that:
		(1)  minimizes the reporting burden on state 
governmental bodies;  and
		(2)  allows the legislature and state governmental 
bodies to estimate the extent to which it is cost-effective for 
state government, and if possible the extent to which it is 
cost-effective or useful for members of the public, to make 
information available to the public by means of the Internet or 
another electronic format as a supplement or alternative to 
publicizing the information only in other ways or making the 
information available only in response to requests made under this 
chapter.
	(c)  The commission shall share the information reported 
under this section with the open records steering committee.