Amend HB 3015 (house committee report) as follows:
(1) Add the following appropriately numbered sections to the bill and renumber the other sections of the bill accordingly:
SECTION ____. Section 552.264, Government Code, is amended to read as follows:
Sec. 552.264. COPY OF PUBLIC INFORMATION REQUESTED BY MEMBER OF LEGISLATURE. One copy of public information that is requested from a political subdivision or a state agency by a member, agency, or committee of the legislature under Section 552.008 shall be provided without charge.
SECTION ____. Section 552.261, Government Code, is amended by adding Subsection (f) to read as follows:
(f) A governmental body may not impose a charge under this subchapter for providing a copy of public information if the information is a report required to be filed with the governmental body under Subchapter C or D, Chapter 254, Election Code, unless all of those reports filed with the governmental body during the preceding year are available to the public on the governmental body's Internet website.
(2) Amend Section 6 of the bill as follows:
SECTION 6. Unless otherwise provided, this [This] Act takes effect September 1, 2021. The changes in this Act to Subsection 552.261(f), Government Code, take effect January 1, 2022.