88R6013 BEF-D
 
  By: King S.B. No. 1770
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to an exception to required disclosure under the public
  information law for certain electronic information held by a
  prosecutor, law enforcement agency, or corrections agency.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Subchapter C, Chapter 552, Government Code, is
  amended by adding Section 552.1082 to read as follows:
         Sec. 552.1082.  EXCEPTION: CERTAIN ELECTRONIC INFORMATION
  HELD BY PROSECUTOR, LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY, OR CORRECTIONS AGENCY.
  (a) Information held by a prosecutor, law enforcement agency, or
  corrections agency is excepted from the requirements of Section
  552.021 if the information:
               (1)  was obtained, or is a copy of information
  obtained, from:
                     (A)  an electronic communication device;
                     (B)  a computer, tablet, or other similar device;
  or
                     (C)  a disk, flash drive, or other electronic
  storage device;
               (2)  was obtained by any prosecutor, law enforcement
  agency, or corrections agency:
                     (A)  during the course of the detection,
  investigation, or prosecution of a crime; or 
                     (B)  in a manner related to the detection,
  investigation, or prosecution of a crime; and
               (3)  was not written or produced by a prosecutor, law
  enforcement agency, or corrections agency.
         (b)  Subject to Subsection (c), a governmental body may
  redact information described by Subsection (a) from any information
  the governmental body discloses under Section 552.021 without the
  necessity of requesting a decision from the attorney general under
  Subchapter G.
         (c)  A governmental body that redacts or withholds
  information under Subsection (b) shall provide a written notice to
  the requestor:
               (1)  stating that information is being withheld from
  the requestor as provided by this section;
               (2)  identifying the device described by Subsection
  (a)(1) from which the information was obtained; and
               (3)  including, if known, the name of the person who
  owned or possessed the device from which the information was
  obtained at the time the device was obtained by a prosecutor, law
  enforcement agency, or corrections agency.
         SECTION 2.  The change in law made by this Act applies only
  to a request for public information received by the attorney
  general under Chapter 552, Government Code, on or after the
  effective date of this Act.
         SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.