78R5431 JD-D

By:  Jackson                                                      S.B. No. 711



A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the application of the public information law to 
certain emergency preparedness plans of a county.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Subchapter C, Chapter 552, Government Code, is 
amended by adding Section 552.149 to read as follows:
	Sec. 552.149.  EXCEPTION:  CERTAIN EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS 
PLANS OF COUNTY.  An emergency preparedness plan of a county is 
excepted from the requirements of Section 552.021 if:
		(1)  the emergency preparedness plan contains 
sensitive information relating to privately owned critical 
infrastructures or facilities; and
		(2)  the safety or security of those infrastructures or 
facilities could be jeopardized by disclosure of the emergency 
preparedness plan.
	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.