LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD

Austin, Texas

FISCAL NOTE, 84TH LEGISLATIVE REGULAR SESSION

April 14, 2015

TO:	Honorable Gary Elkins, Chair, House Committee on Government Transparency & Operation
FROM:	Ursula Parks, Director, Legislative Budget Board
IN RE:	HB3210 by King, Phil (Relating to the production of public information available on a publicly accessible website.), As Introduced

No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.

Under the bill, a public information officer for a governmental body could satisfy a public information request by referring the requestor to a website that contains the requested information. This provision would not apply if the requestor requests the information in a manner other than access on a website.

Local Government Impact

No significant fiscal implication to units of local government is anticipated.

Source Agencies:

302 Office of the Attorney General, 313 Department of Information Resources, 582 Commission on Environmental Quality, 601 Department of Transportation, 696 Department of Criminal Justice

LBB Staff:

UP, FR, JJ, THo, TBo, KVe