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Amend CSSB 2323 (Senate committee printing) as follows:
(1) In SECTION 2 of the bill, in the introductory language
(page 1, lines 17 and 18), strike "(e) and (f)" and substitute
"(c-1), (c-3), (e), and (f)".
(2) In SECTION 2 of the bill, immediately following amended
Section 37.108(c), Education Code (page 1, between lines 50 and
51), insert the following:
(c-1) Except as provided by Subsection (c-3), any document
or information collected, developed, or produced during a safety
and security audit conducted under Subsection (b) is not subject to
disclosure under Chapter 552, Government Code.
(c-3) A document relating to an institution of higher
education's multihazard emergency operations plan is subject to
disclosure if the document enables a person to:
(1) verify that the institution has established a plan
and determine the agencies involved in the development of the plan
and the agencies coordinating with the institution to respond to an
emergency, including local emergency services agencies, law
enforcement agencies, and fire departments;
(2) verify that the institution's plan was reviewed
within the last 12 months and determine the specific review dates;
(3) verify that the plan addresses the four phases of
emergency management under Subsection (a);
(4) verify that institution employees have been
trained to respond to an emergency and determine the types of
training, the number of employees trained, and the person
conducting the training;
(5) verify that each campus of the institution has
conducted mandatory emergency drills and exercises in accordance
with the plan and determine the frequency of the drills;
(6) verify that the institution has completed a safety
and security audit under Subsection (b) and determine the date the
audit was conducted, the person conducting the audit, and the date
the institution presented the results of the audit to the board of
regents;
(7) verify that the institution has addressed any
recommendations by the board of regents for improvement of the plan
and determine the institution's progress within the last 12 months;
and
(8) verify that the institution has established a
visitor policy and identify the provisions governing access to an
institution building or other institution property.
(3) Between SECTIONS 14 and 15 of the bill (page 5, between
lines 53 and 54), insert the following appropriately numbered
SECTION and renumber subsequent SECTIONS of the bill accordingly:
SECTION ____. Sections 37.108(c-1) and (c-3), Education
Code, as added by this Act, apply only to a request for documents or
information that is received by an institution of higher education
on or after the effective date of this Act. A request for documents
or information that was received before the effective date of this
Act is governed by the law in effect on the date the request was
received, and the former law is continued in effect for that
purpose.