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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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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 a |
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representative of: |
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(1) a radio or television station that holds a license |
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issued by the Federal Communications Commission; [or] |
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(2) a newspaper that: |
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(A) is qualified under Section 2051.044 to |
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publish legal notices; |
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(B) [or] is a free newspaper of general |
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circulation and [that] is published at least once a week and |
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available and of interest to the general public in connection with |
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the dissemination of news; or |
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(C) is 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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(3) a magazine that is published at least once a month |
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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. |