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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to public availability of certain information related to |
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economic development negotiations. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 552.305(d), Government Code, is amended |
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to read as follows: |
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(d) If release of a person's proprietary information may be |
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subject to exception under Section 552.101, 552.110, or 552.113, |
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[or 552.131,] the governmental body that requests an attorney |
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general decision under Section 552.301 shall make a good faith |
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attempt to notify that person of the request for the attorney |
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general decision. Notice under this subsection must: |
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(1) be in writing and sent within a reasonable time not |
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later than the 10th business day after the date the governmental |
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body receives the request for the information; and |
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(2) include: |
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(A) a copy of the written request for the |
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information, if any, received by the governmental body; and |
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(B) a statement, in the form prescribed by the |
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attorney general, that the person is entitled to submit in writing |
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to the attorney general within a reasonable time not later than the |
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10th business day after the date the person receives the notice: |
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(i) each reason the person has as to why the |
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information should be withheld; and |
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(ii) a letter, memorandum, or brief in |
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support of that reason. |
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SECTION 2. Section 552.131, Government Code, is repealed. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect September 1, 2015. |