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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to requests to inspect or be provided with copies of |
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information under the public information law. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 552.003(2), Government Code, is amended |
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to read as follows: |
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(2) "Manipulation" means the process of modifying, |
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reordering, or decoding of information with human intervention. |
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The term includes a search of one or more e-mail or text message |
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accounts and the retrieval and transfer of e-mails or text messages |
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that are responsive to a request for public information into a paper |
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or other format that can be provided to or inspected by the |
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requestor. |
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SECTION 2. Section 552.2615(g), Government Code, is amended |
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to read as follows: |
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(g) The time deadlines imposed by this section toll [do not
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affect] the application of a time deadline imposed on a |
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governmental body under Subchapter G, beginning on the date the |
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itemized statement or updated itemized statement is considered to |
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have been sent by the governmental body under Subsection (e) and |
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ending on the date the governmental body receives a response from |
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the requestor. |
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SECTION 3. Section 552.263(e), Government Code, is amended |
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to read as follows: |
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(e) For purposes of Subchapters F and G, if the officer for |
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public information of a governmental body or the officer's agent |
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requires a deposit or bond under this section, a request for a copy |
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of public information is considered to have been received by a |
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governmental body on, as applicable, the date the governmental body |
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receives the deposit or bond for payment of anticipated costs or |
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unpaid amounts or the date the governmental body receives from the |
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requestor in accordance with Section 552.2615 a modified, amended, |
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or narrowed request [if the governmental body's officer for public
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information or the officer's agent requires a deposit or bond in
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accordance with this section]. |
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SECTION 4. The change in law made by this Act applies only |
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to a request to inspect or copy public information received by a |
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governmental body on or after the effective date of this Act. |
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SECTION 5. This Act takes effect September 1, 2009. |