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By: Curry (Senate Sponsor - Middleton) |
H.B. No. 4214 |
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(In the Senate - Received from the House May 6, 2025; |
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May 7, 2025, read first time and referred to Committee on Business & |
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Commerce; May 25, 2025, reported favorably by the following vote: |
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Yeas 11, Nays 0; May 25, 2025, sent to printer.) |
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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to public access to the mailing address and electronic |
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mail address designated by a governmental body to receive a request |
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for public information under the public information law. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 552.234, Government Code, is amended by |
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adding Subsections (e) and (f) to read as follows: |
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(e) Not later than October 1 of each year, each governmental |
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body shall notify the attorney general of the current mailing |
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address and electronic mail address designated by the governmental |
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body under Subsection (c) for receiving written requests for public |
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information. |
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(f) The attorney general shall create and maintain on the |
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office of the attorney general's Internet website a publicly |
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accessible database of the mailing addresses and electronic mail |
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addresses provided by governmental bodies under Subsection (e). |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect September 1, 2025. |
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