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AN ACT
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relating to the persons exempted from the required prepayment of |
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the personnel costs incurred by a governmental body in responding |
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to requests from a requestor under the public information law that |
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require large amounts of personnel time. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subsection (j), Section 552.275, Government |
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Code, is amended to read as follows: |
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(j) This section does not apply if the requestor is an |
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individual who, for a substantial portion of the individual's |
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livelihood or for substantial financial gain, gathers, compiles, |
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prepares, collects, photographs, records, writes, edits, reports, |
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investigates, processes, or publishes news or information for and |
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is seeking the information for [a representative of]: |
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(1) a radio or television broadcast station that holds |
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a broadcast license for an assigned frequency issued by the Federal |
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Communications Commission; [or] |
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(2) a newspaper that is qualified under Section |
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2051.044 to publish legal notices or is a free newspaper of general |
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circulation and that is published at least once a week and available |
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and of interest to the general public in connection with the |
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dissemination of news; |
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(3) a newspaper of general circulation that is |
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published on the Internet by a news medium engaged in the business |
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of disseminating news or information to the general public; or |
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(4) a magazine that is published at least once a week |
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or on the Internet by a news medium engaged in the business of |
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disseminating news or information to the general public. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2009. |
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President of the Senate |
Speaker of the House |
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I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1629 passed the Senate on |
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April 28, 2009, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0; and that |
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the Senate concurred in House amendment on May 30, 2009, by the |
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following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. |
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Secretary of the Senate |
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I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1629 passed the House, with |
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amendment, on May 27, 2009, by the following vote: Yeas 148, |
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Nays 0, one present not voting. |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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Approved: |
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Governor |