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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to excluding certain entities from the definition of a |
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governmental body for the purposes of 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(1), Government Code, is amended |
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to read as follows: |
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(1) "Governmental body": |
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(A) means: |
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(i) a board, commission, department, |
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committee, institution, agency, or office that is within or is |
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created by the executive or legislative branch of state government |
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and that is directed by one or more elected or appointed members; |
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(ii) a county commissioners court in the |
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state; |
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(iii) a municipal governing body in the |
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state; |
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(iv) a deliberative body that has |
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rulemaking or quasi-judicial power and that is classified as a |
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department, agency, or political subdivision of a county or |
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municipality; |
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(v) a school district board of trustees; |
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(vi) a county board of school trustees; |
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(vii) a county board of education; |
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(viii) the governing board of a special |
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district; |
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(ix) the governing body of a nonprofit |
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corporation organized under Chapter 67, Water Code, that provides a |
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water supply or wastewater service, or both, and is exempt from ad |
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valorem taxation under Section 11.30, Tax Code; |
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(x) a local workforce development board |
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created under Section 2308.253; |
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(xi) a nonprofit corporation that is |
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eligible to receive funds under the federal community services |
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block grant program and that is authorized by this state to serve a |
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geographic area of the state; and |
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(xii) the part, section, or portion of an |
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organization, corporation, commission, committee, institution, or |
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agency that spends or that is supported in whole or in part by |
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public funds; and |
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(B) does not include: |
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(i) the judiciary; or |
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(ii) a chamber of commerce or a nonprofit |
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corporation that provides economic development services to a |
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governmental body. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011. |