79R1583 JD-D


By:  Swinford                                                     H.B. No. 1285



A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the exception from required disclosure under the public 
information law of certain audit working papers.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Section 552.116(b)(1), Government Code, is 
amended to read as follows:
		(1)  "Audit" means an audit authorized or required by a 
statute of this state or the United States, the charter or an 
ordinance of a municipality, or an order of the commissioners court 
of a county and includes an investigation.
	SECTION 2.  The change in law made by this Act applies to an 
audit working paper created before, on, or after the effective date 
of this Act.
	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, 2005.