79R12808 JD-D


By:  Casteel                                                      H.B. No. 1684

Substitute the following for H.B. No. 1684:                                   

By:  Keffer of Eastland                                       C.S.H.B. No. 1684



A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to excepting certain real property appraisal information 
from required disclosure under the public information law.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Section 552.105, Government Code, is amended to 
read as follows: 
	Sec. 552.105.  EXCEPTION: INFORMATION RELATED TO LOCATION OR 
PRICE OF PROPERTY.  (a) Information is excepted from the 
requirements of Section 552.021 if it is information relating to:
		(1)  the location of real or personal property for a 
public purpose prior to public announcement of the project;  [or]
		(2)  appraisals, including appraisals in a completed 
report, [or purchase price] of real or personal property that is 
being acquired for a public purpose or is being sold, prior to the 
formal action to acquire the property or the formal award of 
contracts for the property; or
		(3)  the purchase price of real or personal property 
for a public purpose prior to the formal award of contracts for the 
property.
	(b)  Section 552.022(a), providing that a category of 
information listed in that subsection is public information and not 
excepted from required disclosure under this chapter unless 
expressly confidential under other law, does not apply to 
information described by Subsection (a).
	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, 2005.