78R6643 JD-D
By: Lindsay S.B. No. 763
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the application of the open meetings law and the public
information law to certain meetings and information regarding plans
for responding to an act of terrorism.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter D, Chapter 551, Government Code, is
amended by adding Section 551.090 to read as follows:
Sec. 551.090. CERTAIN DELIBERATIONS OF COMMISSIONERS COURT
OR MUNICIPAL GOVERNING BODY. This chapter does not require a
county commissioners court or a municipal governing body to conduct
an open meeting to deliberate the details, or specific occasions
for implementation, of a plan for responding to an act of terrorism.
SECTION 2. Subchapter C, Chapter 552, Government Code, is
amended by adding Section 552.145 to read as follows:
Sec. 552.145. EXCEPTION: CERTAIN RESPONSE PLANS OF
MUNICIPALITY OR COUNTY. Information is excepted from the
requirements of Section 552.021 if the information relates to a
plan of a municipality or county for responding to an act of
terrorism and is collected, assembled, or maintained by the
department of the municipality or county responsible for emergency
management or emergency responses.
SECTION 3. 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.