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By:  Marchant (Senate Sponsor - Wentworth)                        H.B. No. 1306
	(In the Senate - Received from the House April 28, 2003; 
May 1, 2003, read first time and referred to Committee on 
Administration; May 9, 2003, reported favorably, as amended, by 
the following vote:  Yeas 5, Nays 0; May 9, 2003, sent to printer.)


COMMITTEE AMENDMENT NO. 1                                                By:  Wentworth

	Amend H.B. No. 1306 on page 1 of the bill, between lines 50 
and 51, by adding a new SECTION to read as follows and renumbering 
subsequent SECTIONS accordingly:
	SECTION 2.  Section 51.961(a), Education Code, as added by 
Chapter 1317, Acts of the 77th Legislature, Regular Session, 2001, 
is amended to read as follows:
	(a)  Information related to the location, purchase price, or 
sale price of real property purchased or sold by or for an 
institution of higher education, as defined by Section 61.003, is 
confidential and exempt from disclosure under Chapter 552, 
Government Code, until a deed [formal award of a contract] for the 
[purchase or sale of the] property is executed.  Information that is 
confidential and exempted from disclosure under this subsection 
includes an appraisal, completed report, evaluation, investigation 
conducted for the purpose of locating or determining the purchase 
or sale price of the property, or any report prepared in 
anticipation of purchasing or selling real property.


A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT


relating to the confidentiality of certain information relating to 
real property purchased or sold by certain state agencies.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Section 11.084, Natural Resources Code, as added 
by Chapter 1317, Acts of the 77th Legislature, Regular Session, 
2001, is redesignated as Section 11.086 and amended to read as 
follows:
	Sec. 11.086 [11.084].  CONFIDENTIALITY OF CERTAIN  
INFORMATION RELATED TO PURCHASE OR SALE OF REAL PROPERTY.  (a)  
Information relating to the location, or purchase price, or sale 
price of real property purchased or sold by or for the School Land 
Board, Veterans' Land Board, land office, or commissioner under 
authority granted by this code is confidential and exempt from 
disclosure under Chapter 552, Government Code, until a deed [formal 
award of a contract] for [the purchase or sale of] the property is 
executed.  Information that is confidential and exempted from 
disclosure under this subsection includes an appraisal, completed 
report, evaluation, investigation conducted for the purpose of 
locating or determining the purchase or sale price of the property, 
or any report prepared in anticipation of purchasing or selling 
real property.
	(b)  Information that is confidential and excluded from 
disclosure under Subsection (a) is not subject to a subpoena 
directed to the School Land Board, Veterans' Land Board, land 
office, commissioner, attorney general, or governor.
	SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives 
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as 
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this 
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this 
Act takes effect September 1, 2003.



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