TITLE: Relating to access to public information maintained by independent organizations established under Section 39.151, Utilities Code.

SUMMARY: Relating to access to public information maintained by independent organizations established under Section 39.151, Utilities Code.

FULL TEXT:
AN ACT Relating to access to public information maintained by independent organizations established under Section 39.151, Utilities Code. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Section 552.003(1)(A), Texas Government Code, is amended by adding paragraph (xvi) and amending paragraphs (xiv) and (xv) to read as follows: Sec. 552.003. DEFINITIONS. In this chapter: (1) "Governmental body": (A) means:...(xiv) an entity that receives public funds in the current or preceding state fiscal year to manage the daily operations or restoration of the Alamo, or an entity that oversees such an entity; [and] (xv) the part, section, or portion of an organization, corporation, commission, committee, institution, or agency that spends or that is supported in whole or in part by public funds; and (xvi) an independent organization established under Section 39.151, Utilities Code; and SECTION 2. This Act applies to a request for public information sent or received on or after February 1, 2021. SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.