By: Davis, Ellis S.B. No. 895

(In the Senate - Filed February 27, 2013; March 5, 2013, read first time and referred to Committee on Open Government; April 11, 2013, reported adversely, with favorable Committee Substitute by the following vote: Yeas 5, Nays 0; April 11, 2013, sent to printer.)

COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR S.B. No. 895 By: Davis

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to access to records of a nonprofit organization supporting the Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas under the public information law.

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

SECTION 1. Section 102.262, Health and Safety Code, is amended by adding Subsection (c) to read as follows:

(c) The records of a nonprofit organization established to provide support to the institute shall be made available to the public. A record that is available under this subsection is public information subject to Chapter 552, Government Code.

SECTION 2. 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, 2013.

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