LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD
Austin, Texas
 
OPEN GOVERNMENT IMPACT STATEMENT
 
78TH LEGISLATIVE REGULAR SESSION
 
February 4, 2003

TO:
Honorable Bill Ratliff, Chair, Senate Committee on State Affairs
 
FROM:
John Keel, Director, Legislative Budget Board
 
IN RE:
SB152 by Lindsay (Relating to the application of the open meetings law and the public information law to meetings and information regarding certain response plans of a municipal hospital or hospital district.), As Introduced

As a result of this bill there will be a restriction upon:

(1) the open records law;
(2) the open meetings law; and
(3) the access to government information.



The bill would except emergency response plans from disclosure under the Public Information Act. Hospitals would not be required to conduct a open meeting regarding the response plans


Source Agencies:
LBB Staff:
JK, GO