By: Wentworth S.B. No. 1068

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to allowing a governmental body to redact certain personal information under the public information law without the necessity of requesting a decision from the attorney general.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:

SECTION 1. Subsection (c), Section 552.024, Government Code, is amended to read as follows:

(c) If the employee or official or former employee or official chooses not to allow public access to the information:

(1) [,] the information is protected under Subchapter C; and

(2) the governmental body may redact the information from any information the governmental body discloses under Section 552.021 without the necessity of requesting a decision from the attorney general under Subchapter G.

SECTION 2. Section 552.1175, Government Code, is amended by adding Subsection (f) to read as follows:

(f) A governmental body may redact information that must be withheld under Subsection (b) from any information the governmental body discloses under Section 552.021 without the necessity of requesting a decision from the attorney general under Subchapter G.

SECTION 3. Section 552.138, Government Code, is amended by adding Subsection (c) to read as follows:

(c) A governmental body may redact information maintained by a family violence shelter center or sexual assault program that may be withheld under Subsection (b)(1) or (6) from any information the governmental body discloses under Section 552.021 without the necessity of requesting a decision from the attorney general under Subchapter G.

SECTION 4. 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, 2009.