Amend CSSB 7 (senate committee printing) by adding the following appropriately numbered SECTION to ARTICLE 3 of the bill and renumbering subsequent SECTIONS of that ARTICLE accordingly:
SECTION ___. Chapter 121, Election Code, is amended by adding Section 121.004 to read as follows:
Sec. 121.004. COMMUNICATIONS WITH VOTING SYSTEMS VENDOR PUBLIC INFORMATION. Notwithstanding any other law, including Chapter 552, Government Code, a written letter, e-mail, or other communication, including a communication made confidential by other law, between a public official and a voting systems vendor:
(1) is not confidential;
(2) is public information for purposes of Chapter 552, Government Code; and
(3) is not subject to an exception to disclosure provided by Chapter 552, Government Code.