78R4272 JRD-D

By:  Hinojosa                                                     S.B. No. 452



A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to public access to certain documents about legislative 
continuances under the public information law.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Section 30.003, Civil Practice and Remedies 
Code, is amended by adding Subsection (g) to read as follows:
	(g)  A court order granting an application for a continuance 
under this section and any other court document showing that an 
application for a continuance was granted under this section, 
including a copy of the order or other document, is considered to be 
public information for purposes of Section 552.002, Government 
Code, if the document or copy is maintained:
		(1)  by a member of the legislature; or                                
		(2)  for a member of the legislature and the member owns 
the document or copy or has a right of access to it.
	SECTION 2.  Section 30.003(g), Civil Practice and Remedies 
Code, as added by this Act, applies only in relation to a court 
order or other court document entered or created after the 
effective date of this Act.
	SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2003.