Honorable Gary Elkins, Chair, House Committee on Government Transparency & Operation
FROM:
Ursula Parks, Director, Legislative Budget Board
IN RE:
HB1082 by Nevárez (Relating to the applicability to certain draft grant applications of the exception from disclosure under the public information law for agency memoranda.), Committee Report 1st House, Substituted
No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.
The bill would amend the Government Code to allow the disclosure of certain draft grant applications prepared by or for a state agency or governmental body with taxing authority, that are otherwise exempted from disclosure provisions related to certain interagency or interagency memoranda.
The Office of the Attorney General, Health and Human Services Commission, and the Office of Court Administration anticipate any additional work resulting from the passage of the bill could reasonably be absorbed within current resources.
The bill would take effect September 1, 2017.
Local Government Impact
No significant fiscal implication to units of local government is anticipated.
Source Agencies:
212 Office of Court Administration, Texas Judicial Council, 302 Office of the Attorney General, 529 Health and Human Services Commission